Talk:Joachim Meichssner

A fact from Joachim Meichssner appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 February 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Colonel Joachim Meichssner refused to kill Hitler in a suicide attack because he could not bear the stress of waiting?

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Murdered or executed?[edit]

If he was tried in court and convicted of treason under the laws in force at the time it would probably be more accurate to say that he was executed rather than "murdered." Murder would have been killing him without a trial. (66.162.249.170 (talk) 02:57, 16 February 2011 (UTC))[reply]

Roland Freisler's Volksgerichtshof is generally not considered a legal court, just murder hidden behind a facade of legality. HerkusMonte (talk) 14:13, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]