Following World War l, Roland Freisler returned to his native Germany having been a POW in Russia. During that time he had learned Russian while admiring the authoritarian methods of the Communist ...

Germany is purging its legal code of laws and language formulated by the Nazis more than eight decades ago. Some the laws were penned by Judge Roland Freisler, the notorious “People’s Court” chairman ...

FRANKFURT, Germany — German soccer federation president Fritz Keller resigned Monday, nearly a month after he compared one of the organization’s vice presidents to a Nazi-era judge. Keller likened ...

BERLIN (AP) — German soccer federation president Fritz Keller is facing calls to resign after comparing one of his vice presidents to infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler. The federation said Sunday ...

History has all but forgotten Nazi Germany’s most feared judge, Roland Freisler, the President of the Volksgericht (People’s Court). Known as the “hanging judge,” Freisler was known for yelling at and ...

BERLIN (AP) — German soccer federation president Fritz Keller says he will not step down from his role after comparing one of his vice presidents to infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler. Keller said ...

The president of the German soccer federation resigned on Monday, nearly a month after he came under fire for likening one of the organization’s vice presidents to a Nazi-era judge. At a meeting on ...