Generaloberstabsrichter Dr.jur. Rudolf Lehmann Born: 11 Dec 1890 in Posen Died: 26 Jul 1955 in Bonn Doctorate in Jurisprudence: Summer 1919, Marburg University Promotions:
Ministerialrat (1932); Ministerialdirigent und Reichskriegsgerichtsrat (00 Oct 1937); Ministerialdirektor (00 Jul 1938); Generaloberstabsrichter (01 May 1944) Career:
Law Studies in Munich, Freiburg, Leipzig & Marburg (?? ??? ????-1912)
First Legal State Tests in Kassel; then Junior Lawyor time in Hessian Justice (1912-1914)
Entered Army Service (1914)
War Volunteer (1914-1918)
Transferred to State Service (1920)
Grand State Tests then with the Hessian Justice (1920-1920)
In The Reichs Postal Ministry (1920-1922)
Landgerichtsrat at Regional-Court II, Berlin (1922-1925)
In the Reichs Justice Ministry (1925-1932)
Transferred to State Justice Service as Ministerialrat (1932-1933)
In the 'Small Criminal Trials Commission' of the Reichs Justice Ministry (1933-1936)
Development of the Draft of the Criminal Procedure Order (00 Feb 1936-1936)
Advisor for Law od Criminal Procedure. Member in the 'Grand Criminal Trials Commission' (from 00 Oct 1937 only Provisional) (1936-1938)
Entered Army Legal Service (00 Oct 1937)
Senate-President (Revision Senate) at the Reichs War Court; The Reichs War Minister von Blomberg had asked the Reichs Justice Minister G�rtner for his Release (00 Oct 1937-00 Jul 1938)
Penned as Assessor at the 'Honour Court' against Generaloberst Werner Freiherr von Fritsch, the Judgement was Acquittal (00 Feb 1938-18 Mar 1938)
Ministerialdirektor in OKW & Chief of the Wehrmacht Law Department; Standing Contributor of the 'Magazine for Military Law', Co-Editor of v�lkischen Magazine 'Reich, Volksordnung, Lebensraum' (00 Jul 1938-08 May 1945)
Hitler's Order for the creation of the Troop Special Service (Truppensonderdienstes) and in it's attendance Lehmann became the first and only Generaloberstabsrichter (25 Jan 1944)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-24 Oct 1947)
Arrested from the US-Army POW-Camp Hersbruck near Nuremberg (24 Oct 1947-28 Nov 1947)
Accused in the Nuremberg Follow-Up Trials (Case XII, 'OKW-Trials') and (only) because of participation in the formulation of Orders contrary to International Law, sentenced to 7 Years Imprisonment (28 Nov 1947-25 Aug 1948)
Released from detention in Landsberg after he was Pardoned (25 Aug 1948)
Afterwards, Managing Director of the Trade Association 'Mining Industry e.V.', Godesberg
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