Judge Advocate-General of the OKW and responsible for the Barbarossa Jurisdiction Order which allowed the murder of civilians on the pretext of counteracting partisan activity.He drafted the December 1941 Night and Fog decree which removed access to due process from the accused. Wehrmacht troops applied the order in France, Holland, Ukraine, and other occupied countries.Was involved in formulating the Commando Order and the Terror and Sabotage Decree.H e was tried at high command trial by US military tribunal after WW. II and was given 7 years jail term.Released in 1950 on good time credit. Died in 1955.
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