Another version of his death report states that he died after being attacked by a British bomb that came through the courtroom’s ceiling while he was trying two ladies, who eventually survived the explosion. [4] He acted as prosecutor, judge and jury all in one, and also as his own recorder, thereby controlling the record of the written grounds for the sentences that he passed[citation needed]. While a prisoner of war in Russia, Freisler learned Russian. He had a younger brother, Oswald. Retrieved 2010-03-18. Freisler's mastery of legal texts, mental agility and overwhelming verbal force combined well with strict adherence to the party line and the corresponding ideology, so that he became the most feared judge and the personification of the Nazis' "blood justice". He wanted such affairs to be categorized as "racial treason”. Roland Freisler was born in Celle, Lower Saxony, on 30 October 1893.He was the son of Julius Freisler (born 20 August 1862 in Klantendorf, Moravia), an engineer and teacher, and Charlotte Auguste Florentine Schwerdtfeger (born 30 April 1863 in Celle – died 20 March 1932 in Kassel). He was State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice and President of the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof), which was set up outside constitutional authority. Granberg, Jerje. On 3 February 1945, Freisler was conducting a Saturday session of the People's Court, when American bombers attacked Berlin. Among those files was that of Fabian von Schlabrendorff, a 20 July Plot member who was on trial that day and was facing execution. As the Party transitioned from a fringe political beer-hall and street fighting movement into a genuine political party, Freisler was elected to the Prussian Landtag, and later he became a Member of the Reichstag. Wesel, Uwe. Améliorez sa vérifiabilité en les associant par des références à l'aide d'appels de notes. Together, they had two sons, Harald and Roland. Roland Freisler was born on 30 October 1893 in Celle, Lower Saxony, the son of Julius Freisler (born 20 August 1862[1] in Klantendorf, Moravia), an engineer and teacher, and Charlotte Auguste Florentine Schwerdtfeger (born 30 April 1863 in Celle – died 20 March 1932 in Kassel). Roland Freisler war ein deutscher Jurist, dessen berufliche Karriere in der Weimarer Republik begann und im Verlauf der Diktatur des Nationalsozialismus zu ihrem Höhepunkt gelangte. (roughly, "You really are a lousy piece of trash!"). In 1915, he was taken a prisoner of war by Russian forces. According to Guido Knopp, however, Goebbels was the only Nazi leader well disposed towards Freisler. In October 1939, he introduced the concept of 'precocious juvenile criminal' in the "Juvenile Felons Decree". Freisler later rejected any insinuation that he had ever co-operated with the Soviets, the ideological nemesis of Nazi Germany, but his subsequent career as a political official in Germany was overshadowed by rumours about his time as a "Commissar" with the "Reds".[7]. He argued that if the American laws could segregate black people, similarly German laws could target the Jews even if a precise legal definition couldn’t be assigned to the term ‘Jew’. [25] Among the files was that of Fabian von Schlabrendorff, a 20 July Plot member who was on trial that day and was facing execution. [21], In August 1944, some of the arrested perpetrators of the failed assassination of Adolf Hitler were taken before Freisler for punishment. In 1943 he tried and handed down death penalties to Otto and Elise Hampel, whose true story inspired Fallada's novel.