Volksgerichtshof

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The Volksgerichtshof was a notorious Nazi special court in Germany that conducted highly politicized trials and handed down numerous death sentences, particularly against opponents of the regime.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Volksgerichtshof canonical 10
People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi court ⓘ
special court ⓘ
appliedLaw Nazi political criminal law ⓘ
characterizedAs instrument of terror ⓘ
kangaroo court ⓘ
tool of political repression ⓘ
controlledBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
National Socialist German Workers' Party ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Party
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
fateAfter1945 abolished by Allied occupation authorities ⓘ
handledCaseType high treason ⓘ
resistance activities ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ
treason ⓘ
undermining military morale ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
historicalPeriod Third Reich ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
jurisdiction Germany ⓘ
legalStatus special political court of the Third Reich ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
nativeLabel Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
notableFor highly politicized trials ⓘ
lack of fair trial guarantees ⓘ
numerous death sentences ⓘ
show trials ⓘ
notableJudge Roland Freisler ⓘ
partOf Nazi judicial system ⓘ
politicalAlignment National Socialist ⓘ
linked to: Nazism
president Ferdinand Freisler ⓘ
linked to: Roland Freisler

Otto Georg Thierack ⓘ
Roland Freisler ⓘ
primaryFunction prosecution of political crimes ⓘ
suppression of opposition to the Nazi regime ⓘ
replaced Reichsgericht (for certain political cases) ⓘ
linked to: Reichsgericht
subordinateTo Führer and Reich government ⓘ
translatedLabel People's Court ⓘ
trialLanguage German ⓘ
usedPenalty death penalty ⓘ
long-term imprisonment ⓘ
victims Communists ⓘ
German resistance members ⓘ
Jehovah's Witnesses ⓘ
linked to: JehovahsWitnesses

Social Democrats ⓘ
members of the July 20 plot ⓘ
other opponents of the Nazi regime ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the People's Court → partOf → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
People's Court → nativeLabel → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Hans Scholl → convictedBy → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Reich law → administeredBy → People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof) ⓘ
linked to: Volksgerichtshof
Julius Leber → convictedBy → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Volksgerichtshof → nativeLabel → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Erwin von Witzleben → convictedBy → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Willi Graf → convictedBy → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Weiße Rose → persecutedBy → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ
Erich Hoepner → triedBy → Volksgerichtshof ⓘ