Rat weed in the laboratory. How the Oldenburg Nazi justice system punished a suspected murder case [Rattenkraut im Labor. Wie die Oldenburger NS-Justiz einen mutmaßlichen Mordfall strafte]

ISBN (Paperback): 9783910347649

ISBN (EPUB): 9783910347656

Description

On February 21, 1936, local police officer Bernhard Edel opened an anonymous letter addressed to the Lindern (Oldenburg) police station. "Poison Murder! Clarification!" reads the headline. Farmworker Anton Stienken is accused of poisoning his wife with arsenic. This complaint triggers a sensitive criminal case in the history of the Oldenburg Nazi justice system .

In this book, Lower Saxony regional historian Johannes Bollen traces the alleged murder case from the initial report to the execution of the sentence. The reader can understand the arbitrariness of the police investigation, as well as the political background and influences, including the highly dubious role of the Berlin expert, Professor Müller-Heß.

A reconstruction of a historical case created with empathy and narrative skill.

Keywords: Oldenburg, justice, National Socialism, arbitrary justice, arbitrariness, rule, rat weed, investigation file, Nazi justice, non-fiction book, narrative, representation, true story, factual report, miscarriage of justice, regional history, Oldenburg region, Münsterland, murder case, Stienken, Lindern, poisoning, victim, investigating judge, jury court, trial, criminal case, NSDAP, 1935, 1936, 1937, death sentence, criminal file, Lower Saxony State Archives, court file.

About the author

Johannes Bollen, a retired history teacher, lives in the Oldenburg region and works as a regional historian. His ancestors come from Lindern in the Cloppenburg region, which is why the history of this community is particularly close to his heart.

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