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Volksgericht

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German

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Etymology

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Volk +‎ -s- +‎ Gericht

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔlksɡəˌʁɪçt/
  • Hyphenation: Volks‧ge‧richt

Noun

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Volksgericht n (strong, genitive Volksgerichtes or Volksgerichts, plural Volksgerichte)

  1. people's court
    • 1943, Adolf Hitler, “Vorwort”, in Mein Kampf [My Struggle], 855th edition, Munich: Franz Eher Nachfolger, →OCLC; New English translation from Thomas Dalton, “Foreword”, in Mein Kampf, New York, N.Y.: Clemens & Blair, 2018, →OCLC, page 19:
      Am 1. April 1924 hatte ich, aufgrund des Urteilsspruches des Münchner Volksgerichts von diesem Tage, meine Festungshaft zu Landsberg am Lech anzutreten.
      On April 1st, 1924. I began to serve my sentence of detention in the Fortress of Landsberg am Lech, following the verdict pronounced by the Munich people's court on that day.

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