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Letter to the Minister of Justice asking whether Germans may select defense attorneys, when the crimes paralleled Night and Fog cases, with reply
NMT 3
Authors
Roland Freisler (Dr., presiding judge of People's Court; undersecretary in Ministry of Justice)
Roland Freisler
German lawyer and judge (1893-1945)
- Born: 1893-10-30 (Celle)
- Died: 1945-02-03 (Berlin)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schwarzburgbund
- Position held: Judge of the People's Court (period: 1942-08-20 through 1945-02-03; replaced by: Harry Haffner; replaces: Otto Georg Thierack); Member of Landtag of Prussia; member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
- Educated at: University of Jena
Otto Georg Thierack (President of People's Court; Minister of Justice, 1942-45)
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: 21 April 1943
Defendant: Wilhelm Ammon, von
Total Pages: 3
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-256
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 320
Document Book No: Prosecution 6
Citation: NMT 3 (page 2465)
HLSL Item No.: 6368
Notes:Thierack replied (13 May) that Germans were not subject to the Night and Fog system, so they were allowed to choose their own defense attorneys.
Trial Issues
Night and Fog program (IMT, NMT 3) People's Court and Special Courts, use of (IMT, NMT 3)
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NG-256: Correspondence between Thierack and Freisler, revealing difference in treatment between foreigners and German citizens with regard to the right for defense counsel
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NG-256: Correspondence re difference in treatment between foreigners and German citizens with regard to right for defense counsel.