The fate of two men, Otto Benz and Michael Jakubowski, whose lives came to a violent end at the guillotine, reveals the full brutality of the Nazi justice system. While Benz was labeled “socially inferior,” Jakubowski faced the full brunt of racist madness.
Two men, two different life stories, but the same end under the same judge. Hans von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf, a native of Karlsruhe and a lover of classical music, was the presiding judge of the Freiburg Special Court who handed down both death sentences. The name Frankenberg plays a central role in the author’s research: after all, he was also a close friend of Herbert von Karajan’s father and his long-time “legal advisor.”
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Two men, two different life stories, but the same end under the same judge. Hans von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf, a native of Karlsruhe and a lover of classical music, was the presiding judge of the Freiburg Special Court who handed down both death sentences. The name Frankenberg plays a central role in the author’s research: after all, he was also a close friend of Herbert von Karajan’s father and his long-time “legal advisor.”
Due to limited seating, please register at salmen@offenburg.de
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