Volksgerichtshof

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The Volksgerichtshof was a notorious Nazi special court in Germany that conducted highly politicized trials and handed down numerous death sentences, particularly against opponents of the regime.

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Label Occurrences
Volksgerichtshof canonical 10
People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi court
special court
appliedLaw Nazi political criminal law
characterizedAs instrument of terror
kangaroo court
tool of political repression
controlledBy Adolf Hitler
National Socialist German Workers' Party
linked to: Nazi Party
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
fateAfter1945 abolished by Allied occupation authorities
handledCaseType high treason
resistance activities
sabotage
treason
undermining military morale
headquartersLocation Berlin
historicalPeriod Third Reich
ideology Nazism
inception 1934
jurisdiction Germany
legalStatus special political court of the Third Reich
location Berlin
nativeLabel Volksgerichtshof
notableFor highly politicized trials
lack of fair trial guarantees
numerous death sentences
show trials
notableJudge Roland Freisler
partOf Nazi judicial system
politicalAlignment National Socialist
linked to: Nazism
president Ferdinand Freisler
linked to: Roland Freisler

Otto Georg Thierack
Roland Freisler
primaryFunction prosecution of political crimes
suppression of opposition to the Nazi regime
replaced Reichsgericht (for certain political cases)
linked to: Reichsgericht
subordinateTo Führer and Reich government
translatedLabel People's Court
trialLanguage German
usedPenalty death penalty
long-term imprisonment
victims Communists
German resistance members
Jehovah's Witnesses
linked to: JehovahsWitnesses

Social Democrats
members of the July 20 plot
other opponents of the Nazi regime

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President of the People's Court partOf Volksgerichtshof
People's Court nativeLabel Volksgerichtshof
Hans Scholl convictedBy Volksgerichtshof
Reich law administeredBy People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof)
linked to: Volksgerichtshof
Julius Leber convictedBy Volksgerichtshof
Volksgerichtshof nativeLabel Volksgerichtshof
Erwin von Witzleben convictedBy Volksgerichtshof
Willi Graf convictedBy Volksgerichtshof
Weiße Rose persecutedBy Volksgerichtshof
Erich Hoepner triedBy Volksgerichtshof