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Report on the case of a retired navy captain charged in the People's Court for assisting the enemy

NMT 3

Authors

Otto Georg Thierack (President of People's Court; Minister of Justice, 1942-45)

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Otto Georg Thierack

German politician (1889-1946)

Born: 1889-04-19 (Wurzen)
Died: 1946-10-26 1946-11-22 (Sennelager Civilian Internment Camp No. 7, Eselheide Paderborn)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: judge; politician
Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
Member of: Corps Guestphalia et Suevoborussia Marburg
Participant in: Aryanization; The Holocaust (role: criminal)
Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Judge of the People's Court; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1942-08-20 through 1945-05-23; replaces: Franz Schlegelberger)

Date: November 1943

Literal Title: Leader information bulletin[.] 1943 No.

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NG-546

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 141

Document Book No: Prosecution 3

Citations: NMT 3 (page 932), NMT 3 (page 938)

HLSL Item No.: 6089

Notes:The report was issued by the Minister of Justice (Thierack).

Trial Issue

People's Court and Special Courts, use of (IMT, NMT 3)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NG-546: Report by the Minister of Justice to Hitler, relating the imposition of the death sentence by the People Court on a German Naval Captain for making defeatist remarks