1. Louis Rudolph Franz Schlegelberger was State Secretary in the German Reich Ministry of Justice who served as Justice Minister during the Third Reich.
13 Facts About Franz Schlegelberger
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Franz Schlegelberger was the highest-ranking defendant at the Judges' Trial in Nuremberg.
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In 1901 Franz Schlegelberger passed the state law examination and became a court Assessor at the Konigsberg local court.
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On 1 April 1918 Franz Schlegelberger became an associate at the Reich Justice Office.
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Franz Schlegelberger had been teaching in the Faculty of Law at the University of Berlin as an honorary professor since 1922.
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Franz Schlegelberger was made a member of the Academy for German Law and was the chairman of its Committee for Water Rights.
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On 30 January 1938 Franz Schlegelberger joined the Nazi Party on Adolf Hitler's orders.
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Franz Schlegelberger authored the bills such as the so-called Poland Penal Law Provision under which Poles were executed for tearing down German posters.
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However, in a letter to Lammers dated 5 April 1942, Franz Schlegelberger suggested some half-Jews be "spared" and given the choice between "evacuation" or sterilization:.
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At the Nuremberg Judges' Trial Franz Schlegelberger was one of the main accused.
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Franz Schlegelberger was sentenced to life in prison for conspiracy to perpetrate war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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Franz Schlegelberger was guilty of instituting and supporting procedures for the wholesale persecution of Jews and Poles.
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Franz Schlegelberger then lived in Flensburg until his death on 14 December 1970.