the family of the German commander General Otto Lasch were arrested. These arrests were publicized in the Völkischer Beobachter. Present legal status The principle of Sippenhaftung is considered incompatible with German Basic Law, and therefore has no legal definition. Modern use The concluded in a September 2021 report that Venezuelan security and intelligence agents reportedly applied the principle of Sippenhaftung, using methods including the kidnapping and detention of relatives of critics, real or perceived, to accomplish arrests. See also Association fallacy Family members of traitors to the Motherland – kin punishment practiced in Soviet Russia Gjakmarrja Lidice massacre Nine familial exterminations (zú zhū (族誅), literally "family execution", and miè zú (灭族/滅族)) – kin punishment in ancient China Glossary of Nazi Germany References Further reading Dagmar Albrecht: Mit meinem Schicksal kann ich nicht hadern. Sippenhaft in der Familie Albrecht von Hagen. Dietz, Berlin 2001, . Harald Maihold: Die Sippenhaft: Begründete Zweifel an einem Grundsatz des „deutschen Rechts“. In: Mediaevistik. Band 18, 2005, S. 99–126 (PDF; 152 KB) Collective punishment Legal history of Germany German words and phrases Early Germanic law Anglo-Saxon law Family in early Germanic culture