Walter Boehmert

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Walter Böhmert (born January 12, 1886 in Berlin ; † June 21, 1946 there ) was a German lawyer . As director and chairman of the Berlin special court , an was responsible for a large number of death sentences during the National Socialist era and for the sentencing of so-called Jewish helpers. He was executed as a war criminal in 1946 and rehabilitated in 2002.

Life

After attending grammar school, Walter Böhmert studied law. At the University of Erlangen he received his doctorate in 1910 for Dr. jur. The subject of his dissertation was The business and the legal protection of the vending machine according to modern law and appeared in print in Borna-Leipzig. In 1920, Walter Böhmert was appointed regional judge. As such, he was an examining magistrate in 1921 in the trial of serial killer Carl Großmann , who was caught red-handed and later confessed to two other murders.

In 1927 Walter Böhmert was promoted to regional court director at Regional Court III in Berlin . In 1934 he was the presiding judge in the trial to investigate the murders on Bülowplatz . In the following years he was particularly responsible for the condemnation of so-called Jewish helpers.

He lived in Berlin NO 55 in the Bötzowviertel, Hufelandstrasse 26.

After the end of the Second World War, Walter Böhmert was imprisoned on January 5, 1946 by the Soviet occupying forces . On May 3, 1946, Walter Böhmert was sentenced to death by shooting as a war criminal by the Soviet military tribunal of the Berlin garrison on the basis of Article 58-2 of the Soviet Criminal Code. The judgment was carried out on June 21, 1946.

In 2002 his rehabilitation took place.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Müller, Thomas Schaarschmidt, Mike Schmeitzner , Andreas Weigelt: Death sentences of Soviet military tribunals against Germans (1944–1947). A historical-biographical study. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-525-36968-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes Tuchel: The death sentences of the higher court 1943 to 1945. A documentation . 2016, p. 49.
  2. ↑ Christian Jansen: From the task of freedom , 2018, p. 550.
  3. ↑ Death sentences of Soviet military tribunals against Germans (1944–1947) , 2015, p. 60.
  4. ↑ Christian Jansen: From the task of freedom , 2018, p. 550.
  5. ↑ Christian Jansen: From the task of freedom , 2018, p. 550.
  6. ↑ Death sentences of Soviet military tribunals against Germans (1944–1947) , 2015, p. 60.
personal data
SURNAME Boehmert, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1946
Place of death Berlin