Roland Freisler

German jurist and politician (1893–1945)

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Born: 1893
Died: 1945
Works: 22

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Vorträge des Reichsministers der justiz Dr. Gürtner ... Dr. Giovanni Novelli ...
Gedanken zum erbhofrecht
The change in the political outlook in Germany and its influence on the reform of the criminal law, penal procedure, and the execution of sentences
Le revirement des conceptions politiques fondmanetales en Allemagne et son influence sur la renaissance du droit pénal
Bäuerliches erbhofrecht vom 15. mai 1933 nebst ausführungsverordnung

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Karl Roland Freisler (30 October 1893 – 3 February 1945) was a German jurist, judge, and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1935 to 1942 and as president of the People's Court from 1942 to 1945. As a prominent ideologist of Nazism, he influenced as a jurist the Nazification of the German legal system. He was appointed president of the People's Court in 1942, overseeing the prosecution of political crimes as a judge. Freisler became known for his aggressive personality, his humiliation of defendants, and his frequent use of the death penalty in sentencing.

A law student at Kiel University, Freisler joined the Imperial German Army on the outbreak of the First World War and saw action on the Eastern Front, where he was wounded and taken prisoner of war by the Imperial Russian Army. On his return to Germany, he completed his law studies at the University of Jena and was awarded a Doctorate of Law in 1922. Freisler joined the Nazi Party in 1925, upon which he began defending Party members in court for acts of political violence.