Josef Reheis: Indictment

Certified copy of an indictment of a forester, Josef Reheis from Brannenburg, Bavaria the Oberlandesgericht, Munich. This is an example of the prosecution of an ordinary German citizen for uttering ‘unpatriotic' sentiments about the war. Having admitted to two strangers that he regularly listened to foreign radio stations for reliable news about the progress of the war and that he felt Germany was sure to lose, he was denounced by them, and sentenced to two years imprisonment. Open