§ 5 and 6. Mr. Elwyn Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) who were the members of the court which tried Baron Kurt von Schroeder in the British zone; what were their qualifications for inclusion in a de-Nazification panel; and whether he is satisfied that they should continue to be so included;
(2) what is the value of Baron Kurt von Schroeder's estate; and what action is proposed with regard to it, in view of his active participation of Nazi governmental, party and S.S. activities, and in view of the fact that much of his wealth was acquired after Hitler seized power.
Mr. McNeilVon Schroeder was tried, not by a de-Nazification panel, but by one of the special German Tribunals set up to deal with members of the organisations declared criminal at Nuremberg. The-tribunal was composed of a permanent presiding judge named Bobbett and two lay assessors named Schnatwinkel and Ott. Bobbett is a professional judge from, the ordinary German Courts. The lay, assessors were selected from a list of persons nominated by the Land Government, North Rhine Westphalia, in conjunction with the trade unions. All three members of the court had been cleared by a de-Nazification panel.
119WVon Schroeder's estate is estimated to be worth about 2½ million Reichsmarks. The tribunal imposed a fine of 1,500 Reichsmarks with three months' imprisonment. Both the prosecution and the defence have lodged appeals against the sentence.