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A trial in absentia of Hans Globke.
Supreme Court in 1963
Supreme Court in 1963

The Supreme Court of the German Democratic Republic (German: Oberstes Gericht der DDR) was the highest judicial organ of the GDR. It was set up in 1949 and was housed on Scharnhorststraße 6 in Berlin. The building now houses the district court in Berlin, Germany 2 Instance and the District Court Berlin-Mitte. In the early days, 14 judges made up the court. It was disestablished in 1990.[1]

Responsibilities

Among the responsibilities of the court included

Later other tasks were added, mainly due to the process of simplification which is attributable to the pace of DDR-Justiz.

Neither separate constitutional court nor special administrative, social and financial court systems existed in the GDR.

Notable figures

References

  1. ^ Marshall, Tyler (1991-04-25). "COLUMN ONE : Germany's Judicial Nightmare : The east's system served the Communist Party more than the concept of justice. But in the sudden shift to western legal principles, courts are in a state of collapse". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-04-15.

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