Only in 1997–98 did the German court at Lübeck (the Große Strafkammer IIb and the Dritte Große Strafkammer) invalidate the 1939 Nazi sentence, citing among the reasons that the special military penal law had only taken effect in Danzig on November 16, 1939 and charged the presiding judge with negligence of his duties.
Hanya pada tahun 1997-98 pengadilan Jerman di Lübeck (Große Strafkammer IIb dan Dritte Große Strafkammer) membatalkan kalimat Nazi 1939dengan mengutip di antara alasan-alasan bahwa undang-undang pidana militer yang khusus baru berlaku di Danzig pada 16 November 1939 dan menuduh hakim ketua dengan kelalaian tugasnya.