MORE EXECUTIONS
POLICEMEN IN VIENNA OTHERS SENT TO PRISON VIENNA, August 13 In a Court guarded by troops with machine-guns and fixed bayonets Ludwig Maitzen, Erich Wohlrab, Franz Leeb and Josef Hackl, four policemen, were sentenced to death for participation in the recent raid on the Chancellery. They were executed within three hours of being sentenced, the President, Herr Miklas, having refused to accede to a request for clemency. Emil Schrott, a police inspector, and another constable were sentenced to imprisonment for life, two others to 20 years, and one to 15 years' penal servitude. The trial had lasted six days. The defence pleaded that the accused were not aware that they were participating in a revolt. Two hundred and sixty Viennese policemen have been arrested since the discovery of a list of members of the Nazi Party during a search of a policeman's house.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340815.2.84
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21879, 15 August 1934, Page 11
Word Count
145MORE EXECUTIONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21879, 15 August 1934, Page 11
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.