Infamous Nazi judge. His full title was State Secretary and Reich Ministry of Justice, President of the Volksgerichtshof (people's court). Presided over 1200 trials, nearly all resulting in a death sentence. During the 1944 July Plot show trials, he shouted down defendants, and didn't allow them to wear belts or suspenders, causing their trousers to fall. He died in an Allied air raid over Berlin.
Infamous Nazi judge. His full title was State Secretary and Reich Ministry of Justice, President of the Volksgerichtshof (people's court). Presided over 1200 trials, nearly all resulting in a death sentence. During the 1944 July Plot show trials, he shouted down defendants, and didn't allow them to wear belts or suspenders, causing their trousers to fall. He died in an Allied air raid over Berlin.
Bio by: Greg Smith
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