Hitler's Executioner - Judge, Jury and Mass Murderer for the Nazis

Though little known, the name of the judge Roland Freisler is inextricably linked to the judiciary in Nazi Germany. As well as serving as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice, he was the notorious president of the 'People's Court', a man directly responsible for more than 2,200 death sentences; with almost no exceptions, cases in th

About the author

Born in 1950, Helmut Ortner has written over thirty books, mostly on social topics and on issues of justice. Helmut's previous works include The Lone Assassin, the remarkable true story of Georg Elser, a German worker who planned and carried out an elaborate, but unsuccessful, assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazi leaders at the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich on 8 November 1939. Helmut's books have been translated into many languages. He lives in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Summary

The most detailed biography of one of the Nazi Party s most important members, Roland Freisler, yet published in the English language.

Product details

• Authors: Helmut Ortner
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781473889392
• ISBN: 978-1-4738-8939-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 239 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Illustrations: 16 illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch, Moderne Kriegsführung