Peter van Reen Reen

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Charge:	Defamation/Slander
Sentence:	150 guilder fine
Years Imprisoned:
Year Crime:	1936
Year Convicted:	1936
Year Cleared:	1937
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Netherlands
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City of Crime:	Amsterdam
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Peter van Reen, the managing editor of Het Volk, a Laborite newpaper in The Netherlands, was convicted of insulting Adolf Hitler by the paper's publication of a cartoon in February 1936. Reen was fined 150 guilders. On February 4, 1937 The Netherland's Appeal Court quashed the editor's conviction on the basis that although the cartoon demonstrated a contradiciton between Hitler's words and actions, that was not illegal, and the cartoon's caption was not insulting to Hitler."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On February 4, 1937 The Netherland's Appeal Court quashed the editor's conviction on the basis that although the cartoon demonstrated a contradiciton between Hitler's words and actions, that was not illegal, and the cartoon's caption was not insulting to Hitler."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"Dutch Editor's Conviction In Hitler Case Quashed, Wireless story, The New York Times, February 5, 1937"
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Peter van Reen Reen

Charge:

Defamation/Slander

Sentence:

150 guilder fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1936

Year Convicted:

1936

Year Cleared:

1937

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Netherlands

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Amsterdam

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On February 4, 1937 The Netherland's Appeal Court quashed the editor's conviction on the basis that although the cartoon demonstrated a contradiciton between Hitler's words and actions, that was not illegal, and the cartoon's caption was not insulting to Hitler."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Dutch Editor's Conviction In Hitler Case Quashed, Wireless story, The New York Times, February 5, 1937"

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