As per our current Database, Roland Freisler has been died on 3 February, 1945 at Berlin, Germany.
When Roland Freisler die, Roland Freisler was 52 years old.
| Popular As | Roland Freisler |
| Occupation | |
| Age | 52 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | October 30, 1893 (Celle, Germany) |
| Birthday | October 30 |
| Town/City | Celle, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
Roland Freisler’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. According to astrologers, Scorpio-born are passionate and assertive people. They are determined and decisive, and will research until they find out the truth. Scorpio is a great leader, always aware of the situation and also features prominently in resourcefulness. Scorpio is a Water sign and lives to experience and express emotions. Although emotions are very important for Scorpio, they manifest them differently than other water signs. In any case, you can be sure that the Scorpio will keep your secrets, whatever they may be.
Roland Freisler was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Roland Freisler rose from small-town lawyer to chief judge, prosecutor and jury at the Nazi Ministry of Justice, where he oversaw thousands of trials of opponents--both real and imagined--of the Nazi regime.
A soldier in the German army during World War I, Freisler was captured by the Russians and interned in Russia, where he embraced Communism and joined the German Communist Party upon his release after the war.
He soon saw the writing on the wall, however, and switched allegiance to the Nazi Party, becoming one of its more brilliant legal minds. A well regarded speaker with an innate grasp of the finer points of the law and the ability to use them to the party's advantage, he rose quickly through the ranks and was eventually appointed to head the Ministry of Justice.
He became notorious for his unsparing use of the death penalty. Over 90% of all trials conducted by the Ministry of Justice during his reign ended in a death sentence--more than 5000 were handed down in trials conducted by the Ministry between 1942 and 1945, 2600 of them by Freisler himself (many of which were decided upon before the trial was even held).
He usually acted as not only the judge but also the prosecutor, and was infamous for his habit of leaping up, insulting, shouting, screaming at and otherwise humiliating defendants who appeared before him, and he often pronounced the death sentence with a wave of his hand and a dismissive "Off with his head".
He had many of these trials filmed--often screaming so loudly at defendants that he would cause the microphones to blow out--so there is actually footage of him "in action".Freisler was in the courthouse in Berlin on Feb.
3, 1945, when waves of Allied bombers struck the city. He had taken refuge in the cellar when a bomb hit the courthouse. In what can only be regarded as poetic justice, the building in which he sentenced so many thousands of people to die collapsed on top of him, and a huge beam crushed him to death.
Shouting at, interrupting and insulting defendants
