„Soldatenurteil” : Aus einem Land vor unserer Zeit
"Soldier's Judgment" : From a Country before our Era

Summary/Abstract: “Soldiers are potential murderers” is the assertion made by a doctor from Frankfurt am Main. In October 1989, the Frankfurt District Court, as the court of appeal, was of the opinion for the second time that the doctor had in any case not committed criminal injustice, even if the sentence, referring to the Bundeswehr, was insulting. However, it would be far wrong to assume that the Federal Republic of Germany in 1989 could have stopped there. In a strange way, the (provisional) acquittal kept the whole society in suspense for weeks. The presiding judge felt compelled, unconventionally, to publish the oral verdict in written form before he and his family were placed under police protection. Little or no attention was paid to the content of the verdict, but the judgment was scolded by Christian Democrats, Liberals and Social Democrats with rare unanimity.

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