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Does the judiciary in the Weimar Republic apply a double standard?
24.08.2023

Does the ju­di­ci­a­ry in the Wei­mar Re­pu­blic apply a dou­ble stan­dard?

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Using texts M2 and M3, ve­rify whe­ther the Wei­mar ju­di­ci­a­ry tre­a­ted right-​wing of­fen­ders dif­fer­ent­ly than left-​wing of­fen­ders.
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Al­re­a­dy done? Given the evi­den­ce from texts M2 and M3, how might the po­ten­ti­al bia­ses within the Wei­mar ju­di­ci­a­ry have im­pac­ted the sta­bi­li­ty and pu­blic per­cep­ti­on of the Wei­mar Re­pu­blic? Dis­cuss the im­pli­ca­ti­ons this could have had on the broader po­li­ti­cal land­s­cape of the time.

M2 on the mur­der of the Prime Mi­nis­ter of Ba­va­ria, Kurt Eis­ner (USPD, died 21.09.1919)

On Ja­nu­ary 20, 1920, Arco was sen­ten­ced to death. After the death sen­tence was read out, the con­vict ap­pea­led to those who were sym­pa­the­tic to him to re­frain from rash ac­tions and to con­tri­bu­te to na­ti­o­nal re­con­struc­tion. This promp­ted a mas­si­ve out­burst of ap­plau­se from the au­di­ence, which con­ti­nu­ed for se­ve­r­al mi­nu­tes with re­pe­a­ted shouts of ac­claim and clap­ping. The crowd on the street gree­ted the trans­port with re­sounding cheers, wa­ving hats and hand­ker­chiefs. (Deut­sche Ta­ges­zei­tung, Ja­nu­ary 20, 1920.) Arco was sub­se­quent­ly par­do­ned to life im­pri­son­ment. In 1922, Arco's im­pri­son­ment was con­sider­ab­ly re­la­xed, al­lo­wing him to work du­ring the day as an in­tern on an es­ta­te near Lands­berg.

Emil Ju­li­us Gum­bel, Four Years of Po­li­ti­cal Mur­der, Berlin-​Fichtenau: Ver­lag der Neuen Ge­sell­schaft, 1922, p. 27.

M2 on the mur­der of the Prime Mi­nis­ter of Ba­va­ria, Kurt Eis­ner (USPD, died 21.09.1919)

On Ja­nu­ary 20, 1920, Arco was sen­ten­ced to death. After the death sen­tence was read out, the con­vict ap­pea­led to those who were sym­pa­the­tic to him to re­frain from rash ac­tions and to con­tri­bu­te to na­ti­o­nal re­con­struc­tion. This promp­ted a mas­si­ve out­burst of ap­plau­se from the au­di­ence, which con­ti­nu­ed for se­ve­r­al mi­nu­tes with re­pe­a­ted shouts of ac­claim and clap­ping. The crowd on the street gree­ted the trans­port with re­sounding cheers, wa­ving hats and hand­ker­chiefs. (Deut­sche Ta­ges­zei­tung, Ja­nu­ary 20, 1920.) Arco was sub­se­quent­ly par­do­ned to life im­pri­son­ment. In 1922, Arco's im­pri­son­ment was con­sider­ab­ly re­la­xed, al­lo­wing him to work du­ring the day as an in­tern on an es­ta­te near Lands­berg.

Emil Ju­li­us Gum­bel, Four Years of Po­li­ti­cal Mur­der, Berlin-​Fichtenau: Ver­lag der Neuen Ge­sell­schaft, 1922, p. 27.





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M3: The Act of the But­cher Lind­ner

Eis­ner was high­ly po­pu­lar among the workers. In the turm­oil fol­lo­wing his as­sas­si­na­ti­on, the but­cher Aloys Lind­ner and the baker Georg Frisch en­te­red the Land­tag (state par­li­a­ment). Lind­ner fired se­ve­r­al shots at Mi­nis­ter Auer, a po­li­ti­cal op­po­nent of Eis­ner's, be­lie­ving that Auer was in­vol­ved in Eis­ner's mur­der. When Major v. Ga­reis con­fron­ted Lind­ner, Lind­ner shot at him too, kil­ling him. With the as­sis­tance of Karl Mer­kerts and Georg Schlunds, Lind­ner fled ab­road. Howe­ver, German-​Austria ex­tra­di­ted him, on the con­di­ti­on that he would not be sen­ten­ced to death, as the death pe­nal­ty had been ab­o­lished there. The court did not be­lie­ve Lind­ner's claim that he acted in self-​defense against v. Ga­reis. On Decem­ber 15, 1919, Lind­ner was sen­ten­ced to 14 years of penal ser­vi­tu­de for at­temp­ted mans­laugh­ter and ag­grava­ted mans­laugh­ter.

Emil Ju­li­us Gum­bel, Four Years of Po­li­ti­cal Mur­der, Berlin-​Fichtenau: Ver­lag der Neuen Ge­sell­schaft, 1922, p. 81.

M3: The Act of the But­cher Lind­ner

Eis­ner was high­ly po­pu­lar among the workers. In the turm­oil fol­lo­wing his as­sas­si­na­ti­on, the but­cher Aloys Lind­ner and the baker Georg Frisch en­te­red the Land­tag (state par­li­a­ment). Lind­ner fired se­ve­r­al shots at Mi­nis­ter Auer, a po­li­ti­cal op­po­nent of Eis­ner's, be­lie­ving that Auer was in­vol­ved in Eis­ner's mur­der. When Major v. Ga­reis con­fron­ted Lind­ner, Lind­ner shot at him too, kil­ling him. With the as­sis­tance of Karl Mer­kerts and Georg Schlunds, Lind­ner fled ab­road. Howe­ver, German-​Austria ex­tra­di­ted him, on the con­di­ti­on that he would not be sen­ten­ced to death, as the death pe­nal­ty had been ab­o­lished there. The court did not be­lie­ve Lind­ner's claim that he acted in self-​defense against v. Ga­reis. On Decem­ber 15, 1919, Lind­ner was sen­ten­ced to 14 years of penal ser­vi­tu­de for at­temp­ted mans­laugh­ter and ag­grava­ted mans­laugh­ter.

Emil Ju­li­us Gum­bel, Four Years of Po­li­ti­cal Mur­der, Berlin-​Fichtenau: Ver­lag der Neuen Ge­sell­schaft, 1922, p. 81.





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