Complex sentence: Serving on the highest wartime court, he led the examinations and shared responsibility for the 56 death sentences of the Reich court martial in the trials of German Resistance group the Red Orchestra, as well as those of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Wilhelm Canaris and Hans von Dohnanyi.
Split into simpler sentences: Serving on the highest wartime court, he led the investigation and examinations and later the prosecution of the German Resistance group, the Red Orchestra. He shared responsibility for the dozens of death sentences handed down by the Reich court martial Red Orchestra members and of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Wilhelm Canaris and Hans von Dohnanyi.