Paul Barnickel
Paul Barnickel (born May 4, 1885 in Augsburg , † June 4, 1966 in Munich ) was lawyer at the People's Court in Berlin and at the Reich Court in Leipzig .
biography
Barnickel, a lawyer, became a public prosecutor in Munich in 1929 . On May 1, 1933, he joined the NSDAP . 1934 he was appointed as chief prosecutor head of the prosecutor's office Munich II. Controversial was his prompt setting of a preliminary investigation in three death or murders of prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp in September 1934. In the late 1930s he was district court assessors of the special court in Munich.
In 1938, at the suggestion of the staff of the deputy of the Führer, he became Reich Attorney at the Oberreichsanwalt at the People's Court in Berlin and headed one of five departments. “Barnickel was the third highest official in the Reich Attorney's Office.” He held this office until 1944. In December 1944 he switched to the Reichsgericht in Leipzig as a lawyer . In 1943 he joined the SA , where he had the rank of storm leader.
In the Nuremberg legal process against 16 high-ranking judicial officers and judges of the Nazi regime , he was acquitted on December 14, 1947, whereby he was declared guilty in the text of the grounds for the verdict from 1948, whereas the official text from 1951 states: "The evidence has that The court was not convinced of the guilt of the defendant Barnickel beyond reasonable doubt. He is therefore acquitted on all points. "
Until his death in 1966 he worked as a lawyer in Munich.
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich ; S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-10-039309-0
- Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit (ed.): The Nuremberg jurists judgment of 1947: historical context and current references. 1st edition. Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden, 1996. ISBN 3-7890-4528-4
Web links
- Institute for Contemporary History Munich-Berlin: Witness literature online. ZS 1003, Barnickel, Dr. Paul (PDF file; 5.43 MB). Interrogations and affidavits 1946–1947.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barnickel, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Reich Attorney at the People's Court |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1966 |
| Place of death | Munich |