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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology | Nazism ⓘ |
| inception | 1934 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | special political court of the Third Reich ⓘ |
| location | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLabel | Volksgerichtshof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
highly politicized trials
ⓘ
lack of fair trial guarantees ⓘ numerous death sentences ⓘ show trials ⓘ |
| notableJudge | Roland Freisler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Nazi judicial system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | National Socialist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| president |
Ferdinand Freisler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otto Georg Thierack NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Freisler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
prosecution of political crimes
ⓘ
suppression of opposition to the Nazi regime ⓘ |
| replaced | Reichsgericht (for certain political cases) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Führer and Reich government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedLabel | People's Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| usedPenalty |
death penalty
ⓘ
long-term imprisonment ⓘ |
| victims |
Communists
ⓘ
German resistance members ⓘ Jehovah's Witnesses NERFINISHED ⓘ Social Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ members of the July 20 plot ⓘ other opponents of the Nazi regime ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof)