To be written:
People’s Court Accounting Office
Berlin, April 30, 1943
6 J 24/43 g
1 H 101/43 Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 1943
Stadelheim request re Grimminger money
Board of Prisons, Munich
Stadelheim Prison, Munich
Tel: [blank] Continue reading
Eble’s legal fees paid
/Stamp: 184.95 [$1,479.60] was disbursed [illegible].
Berlin, April 30, 1943.
Accounting Office of the People’s Court/ Continue reading
Denial of Deppisch’s pre-trial legal fees
Copy.
People’s Court
Accounting Office
6 J 24/43
1 H 101/43 Continue reading
Bischoff’s response to Petzl
/Handwritten: April 29, 1943: In response to your letter dated April 21, 1943 we herewith advise you that your motion dated April 15, 1943 was received on April 20, 1943, and therefore 1 day after the trial had taken place. Berlin./ Continue reading
Payment to Hugo Diepold
File No.: 6 J 24/1943 G
Criminal case against: Schmorell and others Continue reading
Payment to August Deppisch
File No.: 6 J 24/43
Criminal case against: Schmorell et al Continue reading
Second draft of “Reasons” (verdict)
This “Reasons for Verdict” is nearly identical with the “Reasons” that follow the verdict earlier in this book. However, this is apparently Judge Freisler’s second draft (not handwritten, so therefore not first draft). The “edits” allow insight into the workings of the 1st Council. Continue reading
Verdict, second White Rose trial (Schmorell copy)
6 J 24 /43
1 H 101/43
IN THE NAME OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE
In the criminal case against Continue reading
Eble’s legal fees
Dr. Eduard Eble, Attorney-at-Law
[Illegible] Street 50/ Third Floor
[Telephone and bank accounts: Illegible]
Office Hours: 4 – 6 o’clock
Except for Wednesday and Saturday Continue reading
Formal verdict rendered
The formal verdict for the second White Rose trial was rendered and published.
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Editor’s note: According to eyewitnesses, Judge Freisler had not read from a formal document at the end of the trial.
Response to Götz’s late request
/Handwritten: To the President of the People’s Court with request for [?]. Unfortunately, the trial against Gisela Schertling has already taken place./ Continue reading
Bischoff: Decision re Schertling trial
3) The decision regarding whether the trial should be transferred to the district attorney in Munich will be postponed until the conclusion of the trial in the matter of Schmorell et al. Continue reading
Petzl follow-up on behalf of Grimminger
Dr. Walter Petzl, Attorney-at-Law
Ritter-von-Epp Platz 12/II
Tel: 10479
Munich 2, April 21, 1943 Continue reading
Proposed trial date for Katharina Schüddekopf
/Handwritten: 1) There is an indictment pending against the accused in case 6J 24/43. The accused’s [records? case?] has been split out.
2) Case 8J 83/43 is to be combined with 6J 24/43. Continue reading
Reimbursed cartage
File No. 8.J.35/43.
In the criminal proceedings against [blank]. Continue reading
Additional cover page (Schmorell)
Trial date [Note 1]: [illegible]
Supplementary Volume I Continue reading
Second administrative cover sheet
State Attorney General’s Office [Note 1]
Munich I
/Stamp: Confidential/
Investigative Matter Against Schmorell Alexander and 12 others Continue reading
Grimminger prison intake: Stadelheim Prison
/Stamp: Stadelheim Prison, Munich/
Delivered 4/20/43 at 12:30 am from: Neudeck
Prisoner No. H196/43 – Placement: [blank] Continue reading
Second trial ends
Session ended at 9:45 pm.
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Minutes of the trial
/Stamp: April 28, 1943/
Public Session of the 1st Council of the People’s Court
Munich, April 19, 1943 Continue reading
Freisler announces verdict
The presiding judge announced and justified the following verdict.
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Verdict with reasons
2nd Trial Against the Students in Munich
April 19, 1943
Munich – Palace of Justice Continue reading
Trial recess
The presiding judge adjourned the proceedings and retired to consider the matter.
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Falk Harnack’s comical defense
This was stricken from the second draft of “Reasons” for the verdict, and therefore did not make it to the official record. But it grants insight into the theatrics employed by Falk Harnack during his spirited defense of himself. Continue reading
Willi Graf’s final statement
At least Graf had the courage to admit at the end of the trial that there was no excuse for his crimes. But his deeds are so terrible that this insight – which came much too late – does not change the verdict.
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Defendants allowed ‘last words’
Following the testimony of each witness, the other accused persons, as well as the reading of each document [illegible], was given an opportunity to make a statement. …
The accused were given the last word. Continue reading
Freisler impressed by Tilly Hahn’s testimony
And then Grimminger gave him [Hans Scholl] 500 Marks [$4,000.00]!
He should have been aware that this money would be used to undermine the unity of our homeland, and even more to undermine the soldiers on the front and our military forces, thereby aiding and abetting our enemies. But he obviously did not make this connection. Continue reading
Defense counsel rebuttal (punishment requests)
The defense counsel petitioned for:
1) Schmorell, disregard of the death penalty
2) Huber, disregard of the death penalty Continue reading
Bischoff submits punishment requests
The presiding judge declared the presentation of evidence to be closed. …
The deputy of the Chief Prosecutor of the Reich petitioned as follows: Continue reading
Freisler reads Schertling’s police record aloud
The presiding judge read the police judgment dated March 18, 1943 (March 16, 1943) regarding the accused Gisela Schertling from the Schertling volume.
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Tilly Hahn testifies (first time)
The witnesses were then examined individually and in the absence of witnesses who would be deposed later, as follows: … Continue reading
Schmauβ testifies
The witnesses were then examined individually and in the absence of witnesses who would be deposed later, as follows: … Continue reading
Zacher testifies
The witnesses were then examined individually and in the absence of witnesses who would be deposed later, as follows: Continue reading
Freisler’s decision regarding witnesses
The Council decided:
To call as witnesses the employee Hahn and the police official Zacher, as well as police official Schmauβ who interrogated the accused Grimminger [Note 1]. Continue reading
Prosecution calls extra witness
The deputy of the Chief Prosecutor of the Reich petitioned that the police official Zacher who interrogated the accused Guter be called as a witness regarding the statements he made during his police interrogation.
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Diepold defends Guter
Guter’s defense counsel said he believed that the boy did not know what high treason was. No commentary is required. High treason is the same within the People’s Court as it is for every fellow German, namely a threat to the National Socialist way of life of the German nation. One does not need to know any more than that. A sixth-form boy knows that much. Continue reading
August Klein defends his clients
The defense counsel for the accused Harnack petitioned that an expert opinion regarding the mental state of the accused at the time of the incident be submitted as evidence. Continue reading
Deppisch defends Huber
The defense counsel for the accused Huber petitioned that the police commissioner Geib (sic) be allowed to testify to prove that the accused always made every effort to tell the truth.
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Dr. Eble petitions for witnesses
The defense counsel for the accused Hans Hirzel petitioned that the father of the accused be allowed to testify regarding his mental condition. Continue reading
White Rose History: January 1933 - October 1943 