Katzenberger Trial
Nazi show trial
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- The Katzenberger Trial was a notorious Nazi show trial.
- The trial's presiding judge, Oswald Rothaug, was later tried at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Katzenberger Trial was a notorious Nazi show trial. A Jewish businessman and leading member of the Nuremberg Jewish community, Lehmann (Leo) Katzenberger, was accused of having an affair with a young "Aryan" woman, and on 14 March 1942 was sentenced to death. The trial's presiding judge, Oswald Rothaug, was later tried at the Nuremberg trials and sentenced to life imprisonment. A heavily fictionalized version of the Katzenberger Trial later provided a subplot in the 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg.
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