Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Treason |
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Death and Executed |
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Year Convicted: |
1945 |
Year Cleared: |
1996 |
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Germany |
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Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution |
Summary of Case: |
"Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged by the Gestapo on April 9, 1945 along with Wilhelm Canaris, Major General Hans Oster, Judge Advocate General Carl Sack, and Captain Ludwig Gehre," |
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Male |
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White |
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"After 50 Years, German Court Exonerates Anti-Hitler Pastor, By Alan Cowell (staff), New York Times, August 16, 1996" |
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