People's Court (Germany)
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The People's Court was a Nazi tribunal established in 1934 to try political crimes such as treason. It became one of the most notorious instruments of state terror in the Third Reich, and is associate
A session of the People's Court, trying the conspirators of the 20 July plot, 1944. From left: General of the Infantry Hermann Reinecke; Roland Freisler, president of the court; Ernst Lautz, chief public prosecutor
Otto Georg Thierack in 1940
Roland Freisler in 1942
Erwin von Witzleben appears before the People's Court.
Otto Georg Thierack
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Otto Georg Thierack was a German Nazi jurist and politician.
People's Court (Germany)
…the court maintained some semblance of legal procedure but progressively abandoned all pretense of independence. During the 1936–1942 presidency of Otto Georg Thierack the court expanded its jurisdiction and openly declared itself a political weapon. With the start of World War II, prosecutions grew exponentially, and…
Thierack in 1940
Otto Thierack (right) with Judge Roland Freisler at the end of August 1942