Roland Freisler

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Roland Freisler was a prominent Nazi jurist who served as president of the People's Court, notorious for his fanatical show trials and death sentences against political opponents and resistance members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German jurist
Nazi official
human
war criminal
causeOfDeath Allied bombing
citizenship Germany
Nazi Germany
conflictParticipatedIn World War I
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfDeath Nazi Germany
countryRepresented Nazi Germany
dateOfBirth 1893-10-30
dateOfDeath 1945-02-03
education law
employer People's Court
Reich Ministry of Justice
familyName Freisler
fullName Roland Freisler
gender male
givenName Roland
ideology Nazism
antisemitism
languageSpoken German
legalSystem Nazi legal system
mannerOfDeath killed in air raid
memberOfPoliticalParty NSDAP
National Socialist German Workers' Party
militaryService German Army
notableEvent trials after the 20 July plot
notableFor death sentences against resistance members
show trials against political opponents
notableWork implementation of Nazi criminal law policies
politically motivated death sentences
notoriousFor abusive courtroom behavior
fanatical support of Hitler
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
persecutedGroup German resistance members
Jews
political opponents of the Nazi regime
placeOfBirth Celle
placeOfDeath Berlin
positionHeld President of the People's Court
State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Justice
member of the Reichstag
workLocation Berlin

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Wannsee Conference
attendee
Roland Freisler ("Freisler")
familyName
Roland Freisler
fullName

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