Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Aiding and Abetting |
Sentence: |
5 years |
Years Imprisoned: |
2 |
Year Crime: |
1943 |
Year Convicted: |
1943 |
Year Cleared: |
1983 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Germany |
County or Region of Crime: |
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City of Crime: |
Ulm |
Result: |
Legislature Overturned Conviction after Execution |
Summary of Case: |
Hans Hirzel |
Conviction Caused By: |
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Innocence Proved By: |
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Defendant Aided By: |
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Compensation Awarded: |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
18 |
Age When Released: |
20 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler, Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnams Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6" |
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Information Source 2: |
"White Rose trial sentencing transcripts, libcom.org" |
Information Location 2: |
http://libcom.org/library/white-rose-sentencing-transcripts |
Information Source 3: |
"Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions, Associated Press article, Dallas Morning News, September 9, 2009" |
Information Location 3: |
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-treason_09int.ART.State.Edition1.4c2d428.html |
Information Source 4: |
""The Law Under The Swastika - Studies on Legal History in Nazi Germany," Michael Stolleis, The University of Chicago Press (1992), p. 157, and endnote 21 at p. 243." |
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Book About Case (2): |
"A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler, Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnams Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6" |
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