Wehrkraftzersetzung or Zersetzung der Wehrkraft (German for "corroding of defensive strength") was a sedition offence in German military law during the...

treason against Nazi Germany. These crimes were viewed by the court as Wehrkraftzersetzung ("the disintegration of defensive capability") and were accordingly...

conspiring to commit high treason and undermining the fighting forces (Wehrkraftzersetzung). Elisabeth von Thadden was born in Mohrungen, East Prussia (present-day...

for the Holocaust The Good German – a 2006 Steven Soderbergh film Wehrkraftzersetzung Frank Richoct, "The ‘Good Germans’ Among Us", New York Times, (October...

Volksgerichtshof, the Nazi "People's Court", the Hampels were convicted of Wehrkraftzersetzung and of "preparing for high treason". They were both guillotined on...

against highest-ranking Wehrmacht officers. For all severe cases of Wehrkraftzersetzung ("undermining military force") according to Wartime Special Penal...

The Memorial for the Victims of Nazi Military Justice is located at the Ballhausplatz in the centre of Vienna, opposite the President's office and the...

during Heitz's appointment as president of the Reichskriegsgericht, Wehrkraftzersetzung (undermining military force) was established as a sedition offence...

negatively influencing Germany's fighting forces – an offence called Wehrkraftzersetzung in German – after he publicly uttered his opinion that Hitler's resignation...

live — just to prolong one’s own life a little while?" Accused of Wehrkraftzersetzung ("undermining military morale"), Jägerstätter was sentenced to death...

of World War II. He was arrested by the Gestapo and convicted of Wehrkraftzersetzung ("subversion of the war effort") in 1943. He died in prison from...

of preparations made by civilians were treated as defeatism and "Wehrkraftzersetzung" (undermining of military morale). Koch and many other Nazi functionaries...

criminal charges for undermining the war effort and helping the enemy ("Wehrkraftzersetzung und Feindbegünstigung"). She faced trial at the special "People's...

Crinis creates a psychological profile of Lohmann who gets accused of Wehrkraftzersetzung and sentenced to death. Otto gets into a fight with Anni who defends...

He was brought to the People's Court and sentenced to death for Wehrkraftzersetzung by judge Roland Freisler in a show trial on 28 July 1944. Joseph...

slowdowns and defeatism. These actions were viewed by Freisler as Wehrkraftzersetzung (undermining defensive capability) and were punished severely, with...

and expanded the range of sentences. Malicious Practices Act 1933 Wehrkraftzersetzung Reichsgesetzblatt 1934, I p. 1269f Reichsgesetzblatt 1933, I p. 135f...

Friedrich Hanselmann, Leonhard Gackstatter and Leonhard Wolfmeyer for Wehrkraftzersetzung ("undermining military morale") on 10 April 1945. The farmer Hanselmann...

the death sentences imposed by Wehrmacht courts were for Wehrkraftzersetzung. Wehrkraftzersetzung was so vaguely defined as to constitute anything from grumbling...

to defend the colonies from the inroads of a Slavic insurgency. Wehrkraftzersetzung – a crime invented by the Nazis. It meant "negatively affecting the...

was charged with being connected with the European Union and with Wehrkraftzersetzung, a term that means "subversion of the military" and under the Nazis...

prosecutorial context in Nazi Germany, namely as part of the term Wehrkraftzersetzung (or Zersetzung der Wehrkraft). In Western parlance, Zersetzung can...

wife, both of which lead to her getting arrested and imprisoned for Wehrkraftzersetzung ("subversion of the war effort") and defeatism. When she is arrested...

and Walter Klingenbeck — rested on convictions for high treason or Wehrkraftzersetzung. Estimates vary of how many listeners the Feindsender had. According...

combat Standarten of the Totenkopfverbände. Wagen – vehicle, car. Wehrkraftzersetzung – undermining the fighting spirit of the troops. Wehrkreis – German...

in prison for assistance in the decomposition of military forces (Wehrkraftzersetzung) i.e distributing leaflets. Ender served her sentenced in Freiburg...

his wife to trial for her connections to the European Union and Wehrkraftzersetzung and sentenced to death. She was executed on 8 December 1944 at Plötzensee...

former captives to spread defeatism and anti-fascist propaganda (see Wehrkraftzersetzung). Soldiers suspected of being Soviet spies were sent to a special...

colleagues for the seditious offence of "undermining the military force" (Wehrkraftzersetzung). Again, it related to jokes Siewert had told. In early September...

sentenced on 14 October 1943 by the Volksgerichtshof to death for Wehrkraftzersetzung, pardoned for life in February 1944, survived and rebuilt the drill...