Ossietzky treason trial
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The Ossietzky treason trial was a high-profile Weimar-era court case in which German journalist and pacifist Carl von Ossietzky was prosecuted for exposing secret rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leipzig Trial | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court case
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treason trial ⓘ |
| basedOn | Weltbühne article on German air force rearmament ⓘ |
| charge |
betrayal of military secrets
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treason ⓘ |
| country | Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| court |
German state court
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Reichsgericht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendant |
Carl von Ossietzky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Walter Kreiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1931 ⓘ |
| followedBy | imprisonment of Carl von Ossietzky ⓘ |
| genre | state security trial ⓘ |
| hasContext |
interwar European disarmament debates
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post–World War I restrictions on German armaments ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
increased persecution of pacifists in Germany
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international attention to German rearmament ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | German ⓘ |
| legalBasis | German Penal Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
conflict between national security and press freedom
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violation of military secrecy laws ⓘ |
| location | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participant |
Carl von Ossietzky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
German military establishment ⓘ Walter Kreiser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plaintiff | German state ⓘ |
| precededBy | publication of secret rearmament information in Die Weltbühne ⓘ |
| prosecutor | German military authorities ⓘ |
| publicationInvolved | Die Weltbühne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Carl von Ossietzky Nobel Peace Prize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | conviction ⓘ |
| sentence | 18 months imprisonment ⓘ |
| significance |
exposed secret German rearmament
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symbol of conflict between pacifism and militarism in Germany ⓘ test case for press freedom in Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| startTime | 1931 ⓘ |
| topic |
German rearmament
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freedom of the press ⓘ military secrecy ⓘ pacifism ⓘ |
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Leipzig Trial