Der Hinrichter

"Ortner shows the dark chapter of Nazi justice and the unbroken careers of Nazi jurists after 1945." Westdeutsche Allgemeine The People's Court is one of the darkest chapters in German legal history. No National Socialist court handed down more death sentences. Using numerous documents and court records published for the first time, Helmut Ortner describes the origins, development and sentencing practices of this Nazi tribunal, which had only one function: to liquidate all opposition to the Hitler regime, including the assassins of 20 July 1944 and the members of the White Rose resistance group. The book focuses on one of the most fanatical Nazi judges: the People's Court President Roland Freisler. The book tells the story of his career, his work, his death. It is the story of a merciless blood judge in a merciless time.