"My first impression, I remember, was so startlingly different from what I had expected. I had read of all things he was supposed to have done, and then there was this boyish-looking figure... cheerful, bright and alert. It really was a total surprise. He was a very, very personable young man and it is sad that he died when he was only barely twenty [sic]. Herold was a star! There wasn't any doubt about it. He was much younger than any of the others, he was the main attraction. And he was aware of it. He liked it.
He was always very, very neat and his straight hair was impeccably combed. He looked around the courtroom and smiled at people. I recall one occasion when I watched him, covertly and he became aware that I was looking at him and he gave me a wink across the court room, as if we were some old friends. And in that way, he was a truly irresistible character. It perhaps goes to explain why so many people fell for him when he'd donned a captain's uniform and transformed from an apprentice chimney sweep [sic] and lance-corporal [sic] to a captain in the German Luftwaffe. I mean, he was totally different from all the others who were with him. They were all pale and blank, but Herold was unmistakeable, I mean, he was the leader of the pack, when he was barely 19 years old [sic]. Very, very remarkable young man. It's very, very sad that his life ended this way. It was kind of his fault. But he could have had a very bright future if he had not done what he did."
— Michael Evelyn, the prosecutor at Herold's trial
