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Affidavit concerning Lautz's career and the work of the People's Court

NMT 3

Authors

Ernst Lautz (chief prosecutor, People's Court, Berlin)

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Ernst Lautz

German judge

Born: 1887-11-13 (Wiesbaden)
Died: 1979-01-22 1977-01-22 (Lübeck)
Country of citizenship: Germany
Occupation: judge; prosecutor
Member of political party: German People's Party; Nazi Party (since: 1933-05-01)
Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/294962349
ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000399664933

Date: 17 January 1947

Literal Title: Sworn Affidavit

Defendants: Paul Barnickel, Karl Engert, Ernst Lautz, Oswald Rothaug

Total Pages: 15

Language of Text: English

Evidence Code: NG-659

Exhibit Code: Prosecution 126

Document Book No: Prosecution 3

Citations: NMT 3 (page 827), NMT 3 (page 853)

HLSL Item No.: 6066

Trial Issues

People's Court and Special Courts, use of (IMT, NMT 3) Night and Fog program (IMT, NMT 3) Laws against Poles and Jews (IMT, NMT 3)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

NG-659: Sworn affidavit by Ernst Lautz, former senior Reich prosecutor at the people's court, concerning the functioning of the Reich prosecution office at the people's court and the activities of several members of the Reich prosecution office (Rothaug Barnickel)

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NG-659: From Affidavit Lautz