Hitler's executioner
Ortner, Helmut, 1950-2017
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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. Roland Freisler's mastery of legal texts and dramatic court-room 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.
Main title:
Hitler's executioner / Helmut Ortner.
Author:
Ortner, Helmut, 1950-, author
Imprint:
London : Frontline Books, 2017.
Collation:
216 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473889392 (hbk)
Dewey class:
347.43014092920.FREI
LC class:
KK185
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2031953