He was a jurist and Nazi resistance fighter. After the assassination attempt on Hitler failed on 20 July 1944 He was arrested by Gestapo.On 8 September 1944, Josef Wirmer was sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof. The peoples court presided by Roland friesler..Two hours after the sentence had been handed down at the show trial, he was put to death by hanging with a wire noose at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. Roland Freisler died five months afterwards during an Allied bombing. In fact during the trial. Friesler shouted that he would go to hell soon and Josef replied that he would be glad to receive him there soon. As predicted, Friesler was killed within five months in allied bombing raid.
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