Word: trial
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...letter last winter falsely accusing Minister Kerrl of mocking, in a public speech, that ABC of Christian doctrine-that Jesus is the Son of God. Three competent attorneys appeared for Dr. Dibelius; the public was admitted except when Minister Kerrl was present; the press was admitted throughout the trial...
This acquittal sharpened interest in the trial scheduled for this week, of the Rev. Dr. Martin Niemöller, fiery ex-U-boat commander arrested last March on "still more serious charges." Since Dr. Niemoller has long been the spearhead of the Confessional movement many Churchmen regarded the unexceptionable handling of Dr. Dibelius' trial as disingenuous window-dressing, wherein the Nazis deliberately threw a small fish back into the pond, while they went right ahead with their plans to land a whale...
...police reports, they were released. Because this was the first mass demonstration on record against a Reich decree. Nazi bigwigs grew panicky. Fearing that there might be an even bigger demonstration outside the Court House while Pastor Niemöller was on the stand they discreetly postponed the trial...
...list had been temporarily excommunicated from the Serbian Orthodox Church for supporting a Concordat with the Vatican; all were due to appear for trial before an ecclesiastical court (TIME, Aug. 9 et ante...
...case when the Captain's wife (Gale Sondergaard) begs his aid. All his old fighting instincts aroused, Zola writes his famous editorial J'accuse ("I accuse"), charging the army with conspiracy and daring anyone to try him for treason. The army takes the dare. Zola's trial lasts 30 minutes on the screen, with speeches longer than cinemaddicts are supposed by most Hollywood producers to be willing to hear. Zola's rhetoric is no match for the mass of lying evidence and the judge's prejudice. Convicted, he flees to England. But presently...