Carl Westphal (lawyer)
Carl Westphal (* 1902 ; † around 1946 in Nuremberg ) was a German lawyer.
During the time of National Socialism he worked for many years in the Reich Ministry of Justice as a ministerial advisor. There he was in Department IV (criminal law and administration of criminal justice, in particular control of criminal offenses against the German occupying power) responsible for questions of criminal procedural law and the execution of sentences as well as coordinator of the Ministry for petitions against criminal convictions. On October 9, 1942, he was a participant in a meeting discussing the extradition of so-called " anti-social " to the Gestapo .
At the Nuremberg judges' trial be it should because of the charges II (war crimes) and III (crimes against humanity) charged, but committed suicide before the opening of the trial in his cell at Nuremberg suicide . The proceedings against him were then dropped.
Individual evidence
- ↑ I am legally incomprehensible p. 86 digitized version
Web links
- Higher Regional Court Nuremberg - The Nuremberg Jurists Trial 1947 (PDF file; 344 kB)
- Entry in original documents (PDF; 762 kB) of the US National Archives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Westphal, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1902 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1946 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |