People's Court of Germany

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court
gptkbp:appeal limited
gptkbp:class summary trial
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Roland_Freisler
gptkbp:convictedOf high
gptkbp:court state
death penalty
treason
restricted
secretive
imprisonment
expedited
show trials
political prisoners
propaganda tool
crimes against humanity
not guaranteed
three judges
forced confessions
no jury
political court
politically motivated
publicized
harsh sentences
anti-Nazi_resistance
war_crimes
gptkbp:criticism international community
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:established 1934
gptkbp:function political trials
punish dissent
enforce_Nazi_ideology
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:historical_significance symbol of totalitarianism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label People's Court of Germany
gptkbp:impact legal history
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:legacy judicial oppression
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:Nazi_legal_system
gptkbp:location gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Rudolf_Hess
gptkb:Hans_Litten
Ernst Thälmann
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Rudolf_Hess
gptkb:Hans_Frank
gptkb:Hermann_Göring
gptkb:Joseph_Goebbels
gptkb:Wilhelm_Frick
gptkb:Roland_Freisler
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials
SS
Gestapo
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Allied_Control_Council
gptkbp:type special court