Christoph Probst

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Charge:	Treason
Sentence:	Death and Executed
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1943
Year Convicted:	1943
Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Munich
Result:	Legislature Overturned Conviction after Execution
Summary of Case:	"Christoph Probst was one of the White Rose defendants convicted of treason for participating in the production and/or distribution of leaflets in 1942 and 1943 titled - Leaflets of The White Rose - that exposed crimes committed by the German government in the name of the German people. The leaflet they were distributing was the sixth in a series that had been distributed over a period of a little less than a year by various means throughout Germany. On February 22, 1943 Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans Scholl, and Christoph Probst were found guilty of treason against Germany after a trial presided over by the People's Court President Roland Freisler. The three were beheaded the same day. On September 8, 2009 the German Parliament unanimously overturned all WWII conviction for treason. So the treason convictions of all White Rose participants were overturned. It is also believed that the White Rose participants convictions had previously been legislatively stripped of any legal force in 1983."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 8, 2009 the German Parliament unanimously overturned all WWII conviction for treason. It is also believed that the White Rose participants convictions had previously been legislatively stripped of any legal force in 1983."
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	23
Age When Released:	23
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Christoph Probst
Information Location 1:	http://www.jlrweb.com/whiterose/sophie.html
Information Source 2:	"“A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler,” Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6"
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Information Source 3:	"Germany Overturns Nazi Treason Convictions, By Kirsten Grieshaber (AP reporter), Military.com, September 8, 2009"
Information Location 3:	http://www.military.com/cs/Satellite?c=maArticle&cid=1199423008022&pagename=News%2FnwsLayout
Information Source 4:	"Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions, Associated Press article, Dallas Morning News, September 9, 2009"
Information Location 4:	http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-treason_09int.ART.State.Edition1.4c2d428.html
Information Source 5:	""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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Christoph Probst

Charge:

Treason

Sentence:

Death and Executed

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1943

Year Convicted:

1943

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Munich

Result:

Legislature Overturned Conviction after Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 8, 2009 the German Parliament unanimously overturned all WWII conviction for treason. It is also believed that the White Rose participants convictions had previously been legislatively stripped of any legal force in 1983."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

23

Age When Released:

23

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Christoph Probst

Information Location 1:

http://www.jlrweb.com/whiterose/sophie.html

Information Source 2:

"“A Noble Treason: The Revolt of the Munich Students Against Hitler,” Richard Hanser, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1979, pp. 319, ISBN: 0-399-12041-6"

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Information Source 3:

"Germany Overturns Nazi Treason Convictions, By Kirsten Grieshaber (AP reporter), Military.com, September 8, 2009"

Information Location 3:

http://www.military.com/cs/Satellite?c=maArticle&cid=1199423008022&pagename=News%2FnwsLayout

Information Source 4:

"Germany overturns Nazi-era treason convictions, Associated Press article, Dallas Morning News, September 9, 2009"

Information Location 4:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-treason_09int.ART.State.Edition1.4c2d428.html

Information Source 5:

""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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