What is Roland Freisler?
'''Roland Freisler''' (30 October 1893 – 3 February 1945) was a German [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] [[jurist]], [[judge]], and politician who served as the State Secretary of the [[Reich Ministry of Justice]] from 1934 to 1942 and President of the [[People's Court (Germany)|People's Court]] from 1942 to 1945.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1076235217|title=Hitler's Executioner : Roland Freisler, President of the Nazi People's Court.|last=Helmut.|first=Ortner|date=2018|publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited|isbn=978-1-4738-8942-2|oclc=1076235217}}</ref> He was a prominent [[ideologist]] of [[Nazism]] who influenced the [[Nazification]] of Germany's [[legal system]] as a jurist, and he attended the [[Wannsee Conference]], the event which set the [[Holocaust]] in motion. He was appointed President of the People's Court in 1942, overseeing the prosecution of [[Political crime|political crimes]] as a judge, becoming known for his aggressive personality, humiliation of defendants, and frequent sentencing with the [[death penalty]]. Although the death penalty was abolished with the creation of the [[Federal Republic of Germany|Federal Republic]], he defined [[Murder (German law)|murder in German law]] in 1941, which survives to date in the [[Strafgesetzbuch]] § 211. == References == {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Freisler, Roland}} [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:1945 deaths]]