About Otto Georg Thierack
Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician (died 1946) After going through several mid-level professional posts, he became vice president of the Reich Court in 1935, and in May 1936 president of the Volksgerichtshof, which had been newly founded in 1934. When he became Reich Minister of Justice in August 1942, Thierack saw to it that the lengthy paperwork involved in clemency proceedings for those sentenced to death was greatly shortened.
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