is killed by a maniac with a knife on the steps of the Berlin People's Court. It is implied that his death was actually caused by the Gestapo, to ensure that the Wannsee Conference and the Holocaust remained a secret. Freisler has been portrayed by screen actors at least seven times: by Rainer Steffen in the German television film Wannseekonferenz (1984), by in the Anglo-French-German film Reunion (1989), by Brian Cox in the British television film Witness Against Hitler (1996), by Owen Teale in the BBC/HBO film Conspiracy (2001), by André Hennicke in the film Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (2005), by Helmut Stauss in the film Valkyrie (2008), and by Karl Knaup in Rommel (2012, uncredited). See also Hanging judge Kangaroo court Hans Frank Harry Haffner Lt. Col. Robert Rosenthal Carl Schmitt Günther Vollmer Helmuth James Graf von Moltke Notes References Bibliography Breuning, Stephan. Roland Freisler: Rechtsideologien im III. Reich. Neuhegelianismus kontra Hegel ("Legal ideologies in the Third Reich. Neo-Hegelianism contra Hegel") Hamburg, Kovac 2002, . Buchheit, Gert. Richter in roter Robe. Freisler, Präsident des Volksgerichtshofes ("Judges in Red Robes. Freisler, President of the People's Court") München, 1968. Geerling, Wayne. "Protecting the National Community From Juvenile Delinquency: Nazification of Juvenile Criminal Law in the Third Reich", a chapter from the author's dissertation Resistance as High Treason: Juvenile Resistance in the Third Reich, Melbourne University, 2001. Read it here Knopp, Guido. Hitler's Hitmen (Ch. 4, "The Hanging Judge"). Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing, 2002. Koch, H. W. In the Name of the Volk: Political Justice in Hitler's Germany London, 1989. Ortner, Helmut. Der Hinrichter. Roland Freisler, Mörder im Dienste Hitlers ("The Executioner. Roland Freisler, Murderer in Hitler's Service") Wien, Zsolnay 1993, . External links 20 July 1944 plot—Trials before the People's Court (Volksgerichtshof) -- YouTube video in German—Shows Roland Freisler in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQfW6hHWWuM - actual footage of Freisler trying a resistance group 1893 births 1945 deaths Deaths by American airstrikes Deaths by airstrike during World War II German civilians killed in World War II German Army personnel of World War I German prisoners of war in World War I Judges in the Nazi Party Jurists from Lower Saxony Lawyers in the Nazi Party Members of the Academy for German Law Members of the Landtag of Prussia Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany Nazi Party officials Nazi Party politicians People from Celle People from the Province of Hanover Politicide perpetrators