Title: In Search of German Social Darwinism: The History and Historiography of a Concept
Abstract:At a lunchtime meeting held on August 20,1942, to mark the occasion of the appointment of Otto-Georg Thierack as Reich justice minister and Roland Freisler as president of the “People's Court,” Hitler...At a lunchtime meeting held on August 20,1942, to mark the occasion of the appointment of Otto-Georg Thierack as Reich justice minister and Roland Freisler as president of the “People's Court,” Hitler launched into one of his characteristic monologues. The judicial system, he said, was soft. Criminals were being allowed to get away with far too much on the home front. Looting and petty crime were being punished with mere prison sentences instead of death. The results of this in the longer term would be disastrous:Read More
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-02-28
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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