page_title: Supreme Court of East Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Supreme Court of East Germany
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Oberstes Gericht, Globke-Prozess, Richterbank Zentralbild Brüggmann Stöhr-8.7.1963 Globke-Prozess eröffnet. Vor dem 1. Strafsenat des Obersten Gerichts der DDR begann am 8. Juli 1963 der von der internationalen Öffentlichkeit mit großer Spannung erwartete Prozess gegen den langjährigen leitenden Mitarbeiter des faschistischen Reichsinnenministerium und derzeitigen Bonner Staatssekretär Dr. Hans Globke. UBz: Generalstaatsanwalt Josef Streit (rechts) beim Verlesen der Anklageschrift. Vorne der leere Stuhl des Angeklagten.
context_page_description: The Supreme Court of the German Democratic Republic was the highest judicial organ of the GDR. It was set up in 1949 and was housed on Scharnhorststraße 6 in Berlin. The building now houses the district court in Berlin, Germany 2 Instance and the District Court Berlin-Mitte. In the early days, 14 judges made up the court.
context_section_description: The Supreme Court of the German Democratic Republic (German: Oberstes Gericht der DDR) was the highest judicial organ of the GDR. It was set up in 1949 and was housed on Scharnhorststraße 6 in Berlin. The building now houses the district court in Berlin, Germany 2 Instance and the District Court Berlin-Mitte. In the early days, 14 judges made up the court.
caption: A trial in absentia of Hans Globke.
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