Josef Soehngen

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Charge:	Aiding and Abetting
Sentence:	6 months
Years Imprisoned:	5
Year Crime:	1943
Year Convicted:	1943
Year Cleared:	1983
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Germany
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City of Crime:	Munich
Result:	Legislature Overturned Conviction
Summary of Case:	"Josef Soehngen was convicted on July 13, 1943 of aiding and abetting members of the White Rose who produced and distributed leaflets around Germany that exposed atrocities by the Nazis. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison. Soenghen had originally been charged with treason and faced a death sentence, but the evidence against him and 3 of his co-defendants was lost. His co-defendants were acquitted. During Soehngen's trial Gisela Schertling recanted her statement to the Gestapo that the four men were involved in the White Rose. Soehngen was a bookseller who had provided the White Rose members with a safe meeting place for the exchange of information and to receive occasional financial contributions. Soenghen kept a stash of banned books hidden in his store. By a legislative decree in 1983 the White Rose participants convictions were stripped of any legal force in 1983."
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Innocence Proved By:	By a legislative decree in 1983 the White Rose participants convictions were stripped of any legal force in 1983.
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	""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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Information Source 2:	"White Rose, Wikipedia.org, last visited October 30, 2012"
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Josef Soehngen

Charge:

Aiding and Abetting

Sentence:

6 months

Years Imprisoned:

5

Year Crime:

1943

Year Convicted:

1943

Year Cleared:

1983

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Germany

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Munich

Result:

Legislature Overturned Conviction

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

By a legislative decree in 1983 the White Rose participants convictions were stripped of any legal force in 1983.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

""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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"White Rose, Wikipedia.org, last visited October 30, 2012"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose

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