Manfred Roeder
German jurist, military judge in Nazi Germany
Died when: 71 years 59 days (853 months)Star Sign: Leo
Manfred Roeder (August 20, 1900 – October 18, 1971) was a military judge in Nazi Germany.Serving on the highest wartime court, he led the investigation and examinations and later the prosecution of the German Resistance group, the Red Orchestra.
He shared responsibility for the dozens of death sentences handed down by the Reich court martial to Red Orchestra members.
After Germany's defeat in World War II, there were attempts by survivors, family and the U.S.Army to investigate the prosecutions of Red Orchestra members and others, but Roeder was never convicted of any malfeasance or crime because the Allies thought it more expedient to use his 'expertise' to hunt down the Red Orchestra members a second time than to mete out justice for victims of the Nazis; this time to aid the Western Allies with information about the Russians in the nascent cold war.
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