  roland freisler (30 october 1893 â 3 february 1945) was a prominent and notorious nazi lawyer and judge. he was state secretary of the reich ministry of justice and president of the people's court (volksgerichtshof), which was set up outside constitutional authority. this court handled cases of political actions against adolf hitler's dictatorial regime by conducting a series of show trials. ==early life== in contrast to most of the nazi leadership, not much beyond basic detail is known about freisler. he was born on 30 october 1893 in celle, the son of julius freisler (20 august 1862 in klantendorf, moravia â ??), an engineer and teacher, and charlotte auguste florentine schwerdtfeger (30 april 1863 in celle â 20 march 1932 in kassel). he was baptised as a protestant on 13 december. roland had a younger brother, oswald (29 december 1895 in [[hameli
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