The Reich Military Court, established in 1936, imposed more than 1,300 death sentences in almost 4,000 trials, most of them during the Second World War. This record underscores the exceptional status of this supreme court of the Wehrmacht as the central prosecution authority of the Nazi regime and a key player in securing the policy of conquest and extermination through judicial means.
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VISUAL Das Reichskriegsgericht 1936–1945
EXHIBITION OPENING
Speakers will be
- Minister of State Rainer Robra, Head of the State Chancellery and Minister of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt,
- H.E. Laila Stenseng, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, and
- Dr. Lydia Arantes, descendant of a convicted Reich Military Court inmate.
Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to view the exhibition at the German Resistance Memorial Center, Stauffenbergstraße 13 (entrance via the Ehrenhof), 10785 Berlin.
The Saxony-Anhalt Memorials Foundation and the German Resistance Memorial Center Foundation invite you to attend.
Registration is requested by email at veranstaltung@gdw-berlin.de by August 24, 2025.
Note: The exhibition's opening event will take place at St. Matthew's Church. The exhibition will be presented at the German Resistance Memorial Center, Stauffenbergstraße 13 (entrance via the Ehrenhof), 10785 Berlin.
The exhibition documents the legal basis, structure, and personnel of the Reich Military Court, but above all the biographies of its victims. The court held trials primarily in Berlin and Torgau, but also operated in more than 40 other locations. Sentences were carried out in execution sites, penitentiaries, and camps spread across the continent.
The exhibition will be shown from September 1, 2025, to January 10, 2026, in the special exhibition area on the first floor of the German Resistance Memorial Center.
A traveling exhibition of the ROTER OCHSE Memorial Halle (Saale) with partner institutions in Belgium, France, Norway, Poland and the Czech Republic
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Dates
September 2025
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