Object ID
2015.2.191
Object Name
Order, Court
Date
9-8-1943
Files
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Description
Front:Tan page with large title printed in black and typewritten message. Includes brown tape, as well as markings in red and blue, and a purple signature on the bottom left.Interior: Typewritten pages taped in the middle.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Roland Freisler was a notorious Nazi lawyer and judge. He was State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice and President of the People's Court, which was set up outside constitutional authority. This court handled cases of political action against Hitler's regime by conducting a series of show trials. On September 8, 1943, Freisler sentenced Dr. Alois Geiger to death for his defeatist sentiments, and skepticism about Germany’s victory in the war, writing that Geiger had "... weakened the belief of our victory with the pregnant wife of a German soldier” allowing her to believe that her husband could be killed for being a Nazi if Germany lost the war. For his “attack on morale” Geiger was sentenced to death by hanging.
Dimensions
11 3/4 x 8 1/4"
Keywords
Death penalty, Lawyer, Judge, State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice, President of the People's Court, Show Trial, Geiger, Freisler
Subcollection
Propaganda
Recommended Citation
"Dr. Alois Geiger Sentenced to Death by Roland Freisler" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.191.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/275
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