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Hitler's Executioner : Roland Freisler, President of the Nazi People's Court by Helmut Ortner (2018, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-101473889391
ISBN-139781473889392
eBay Product ID (ePID)240405405
Product Key Features
Book TitleHitler's Executioner : Roland Freisler, President of the Nazi People's Court
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Europe / Germany, General, Lawyers & Judges, Historical, Military
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenreLaw, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorHelmut Ortner
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-400902
SynopsisThough little known, the name of the judge Roland Freisler is inextricably linked to the judiciary in Nazi Germany. As well as serving as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice, he was the notorious president of the 'People's Court', a man directly responsible for more than 2,200 death sentences; with almost no exceptions, cases in th, For Freisler, the courtroom was apolitical stage ... He conducted the trials in an authoritarian manner and with disregard for the law. He screamed at the defendants, often shouting them down. He interrupted them constantly, subjected them to a barrage of insults, tried to intimidate them and humiliated them by mocking and ridiculing them in front of the audience. The defence lawyers were reduced to the role of mere bystanders. Motions to take evidence were rejected summarily, often on the grounds that the production of further evidence could have no effect on the verdict of the court.' 'The 20 July trials were the pinnacle of Roland Freisler's career. In the main chamber of the Kammergericht in Berlin, he found the stage he had always craved ... And Freisler would now no longer be deciding the fate of insignificant members of the public who had made defeatist remarks or been caught listening to enemy radio broadcasts, but that of generals and officers, of prominent civilians.' Book jacket., Though little known, the name of the judge Roland Freisler is inextricably linked to the judiciary in Nazi Germany. As well as serving as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice, he was the notorious president of the 'People's Court', a man directly responsible for more than 2,200 death sentences; with almost no exceptions, cases in the 'People's Court' had predetermined guilty verdicts. It was Freisler, for example, who tried three activists of the White Rose resistance movement in February 1943. Along with Christoph Probst, Sophie and Hans Scholl were arrested for their part in an anonymous leaflet and graffiti campaign which called for active opposition against the Nazi regime. Found guilty of treason, Freisler sentenced the trio to death by beheading; a sentence carried out the same day by guillotine. In August 1944, Freisler played a central role in the show trials that followed the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July that year - a plot known more commonly as Operation Valkyrie. Many of the ringleaders were tried by Freisler in the 'People's Court'. The proceedings were filmed, the intention being to use the images as propaganda in newsreels. Freisler could be seen alternating between clinical interrogations of the defendants through to his yelling of personalized and theatrically enraged abuse at them from the bench. Nearly all of those found guilty were sentenced to death by hanging, the sentences being carried out within two hours of the verdicts being passed. Roland Freisler's mastery of legal texts and dramatic courtroom verbal dexterity made him the most feared judge in the Third Reich. In this in-depth examination, Helmut Ortner not only investigates the development and judgments of the Nazi tribunal, but the career of Freisler, a man who was killed in February 1945 during an Allied air raid.
LC Classification NumberKK185
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