Josef Reheis: Indictment

Identifier
WL665
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70596
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Jan 1944
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Archival History

Nothing is known about the provenance of this document.

Scope and Content

Certified copy of an indictment of a forester, Josef Reheis from Brannenburg, Bavaria the Oberlandesgericht, Munich. This is an example of the prosecution of an ordinary German citizen for uttering ‘unpatriotic' sentiments about the war. Having admitted to two strangers that he regularly listened to foreign radio stations for reliable news about the progress of the war and that he felt Germany was sure to lose, he was denounced by them, and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Subjects

  • Documents
  • Denunciations

Places

  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
  • Bavaria
  • Brannenburg
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