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Karl Sack (born
June 9,
1896 in Bosenheim (now
Bad Kreuznach), executed
April 9,
1945 in
Flossenbürg concentration camp) was a
German jurist and member of the
resistance movement during
World War II.
Karl Sack studied law in
Heidelberg where he joined a
Burschenschaft and after a time in legal practice became a
judge in
Hesse. He married Wilhelmine Weber and had two sons. In
1934, Sack joined the newly established Reichskriegsgericht (Reich Military Court) where he quickly rose to a senior position. He was able to delay proceedings against Army Commander-in-Chief
Werner von Fritsch who had been falsely accused of
homosexuality by the
Gestapo in an attempt to discredit him for his opposition to
Hitler's attempts to subjugate the German armed forces. In the fall of
1942, Karl Sack became Judge Advocate General of the Army.
During World War II, Sack maintained contacts within the resistance circles in the
military, including Admiral
Wilhelm Canaris, Major General
Hans Oster and
Hans von Dohnanyi, as well as with others within the
Abwehr (German military intelligence). He was part of the attempt to assassinate Hitler on
July 20, 1944 and after that failed attempt he was arrested on
August 9,
1944. In the very last days of the war, he was brought before the
Volksgerichtshof (People's Court), a
drumhead court, where he was sentenced to death, and then
hanged. Sack had been slated for the role of Justice Minister within a planned post-coup civilian government.
In
1984, Sack's role as a member of the resistance was remembered with a bronze plaque placed in the former Reichskriegsgericht in
Berlin-Charlottenburg. There was some opposition to this honour as Sack favoured a far-reaching interpretation of what constituted
desertion, which must have led to more than a few death sentences.
In Bosenheim, a suburb of Bad Kreuznach, a street has been named in his honour.
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