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1 day ago · A meeting of the four jurists who imposed Nazi ideology on the legal system of Germany (left to right: Roland Freisler, Franz Schlegelberger, Otto Georg Thierack, and Curt Rothenberger) A new type of court, the Volksgerichtshof ("People's Court"), was established in 1934 to deal with political cases.
6 days ago · The Soviet representatives falsely claimed that Kühnast, a jurist with an impeccable anti-Nazi record, had been an official of Roland Freisler's People's Court. Taking the Soviets at their word, the Western Allies removed Kühnast from his position and placed him under house arrest.
Jun 14, 2024 · Canadian PoWs. At 7:40 a.m. on June 7, 1944, the North Nova Scotia Highlanders supported by tanks of Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke struck out from near Villons-les-Buissons to seize what had been the final Canadian June 6—D-Day—objective.
5 days ago · Als oberster Richter fungiert Roland Freisler, der später unter der Bezeichnung „Blutrichter der NS-Zeit“ bekannt ist. Das Attentat gilt als der bedeutendste Umsturzversuch des militärischen Widerstandes in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus.
5 days ago · Metzger wurde vom Nazi-Richter Roland Freisler in einem Schauprozess zum Tode verurteilt und am 17. April 1944 hingerichtet. Erst 1997 wurde das Todesurteil rückwirkend aufgehoben.
4 days ago · A member of the Einsatzgruppen, the Nazis' special mobile killing units, preparing to shoot a Ukrainian Jew kneeling on the edge of a mass grave. (more) Entering conquered Soviet territories alongside the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces) were 3,000 men of the Einsatzgruppen (“Deployment Groups”), special mobile killing units.
Jun 30, 2024 · Scandals such as the employment of a critical individual like Wolfgang Fränkel or the acquittal of Hans-Joachim Rehse, Footnote 68 Judge at the Volksgerichtshof and colleague of the infamous Roland Freisler, triggered protests in West Germany by leftist youth in the late 60s.
