Rev. Max Josef Metzger

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Charge:	Treason
Sentence:	Death and Executed
Years Imprisoned:	0.9
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Year Convicted:	1943
Year Cleared:	1997
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution
Summary of Case:	"Rev. Max Josef Metzger was sentenced to death for treason on October 14, 1943, by Roland Freisler, chief judge of the Nazi's People's Court. He had been arrested in June 1943 after writing a letter to the British government denouncing the Nazis and called for a German state based on Christian democratic and legal principles. He was exonerated by a Berlin court in 1997 (SFC, 5/3/97, p.A10). See: http://timelines.ws/countries/GERM1939_1944.HTML. Rev. Metzger was beheaded on April 17, 1944."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Germany 1939-1944
Information Location 1:	http://timelines.ws/countries/GERM1939_1944.HTML
Information Source 2:	"Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity: The Life of Max Josef Metzger, Leonard Swidler, Ecumenical Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977, LCCN: 77-76430"
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Rev. Max Josef Metzger

Charge:

Treason

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

0.9

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1943

Year Cleared:

1997

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Germany 1939-1944

Information Location 1:

http://timelines.ws/countries/GERM1939_1944.HTML

Information Source 2:

"Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity: The Life of Max Josef Metzger, Leonard Swidler, Ecumenical Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977, LCCN: 77-76430"

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http://global-dialogue.com/swidlerbooks/metzger.htm

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