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Franz Rademacher was tried in the Bundesrepublik.

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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
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Multiple sources state that Franz Rademacher was tried in West Germany: the Nuremberg-Fürth state court convicted him in 1952, and Spiegel reports a second trial before the Bamberg court. The post's spelling 'Rockemacher' is a transcription variant of the same person, and the claim matches the passage without adding anything.

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… So, I mean, that further confuses things, too, because now, now you're implicating, uh, you know, a civilian chain of command into the, into the Army, and then saying that, um, Eichmann somehow had authority over both. It, it doesn't make logical sense. Um, Rademacher was later tried, uh, in the Bundesrepublik, and it was a, it was a strange convergence of factors that led him to court. Um, his testimony was that, regardless of what was said or wasn't said, because some of the same testimony was introduced at his trial, you know, he said, quote, the Army was …
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What we found

Supports. Yad Vashem's biography states that after the war Rademacher was tried in the German state court in Nuremberg-Fürth and convicted, then faced a further trial and conviction after returning to Germany in 1966.[1][2]

Supports. The UK National Archives catalogue record says Rademacher was tried and convicted at Nuremberg-Fürth after the war, and that he returned to Germany in 1966 and faced a further trial.[3]

Supports. Spiegel reports that Rademacher was facing a second trial before the Bamberg Schwurgericht (jury court) in the same matter, after an earlier 1952 Nuremberg conviction.[4]

Supports. The Wikipedia entries (English and German) report the 1952 West German trial and conviction at Nuremberg-Fürth, and the later Bamberg trial, though these are lower-credibility sources.[5][6]

Context. The claim's wording is consistent with the post's passage, which says Rademacher 'was later tried … in the Bundesrepublik'; 'Rockemacher' in the passage is a spelling variant of the same name.

Sources

6 sources: 6 not rated

  1. 1__________________________________________________________________________yadvashem.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  2. 2Rademacher, Franz - Yad Vashemwwv.yadvashem.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  3. 3The Discovery Servicediscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4PROZESSE / RADEMACHER: Frage erledigt - Spiegelspiegel.de · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5Franz Rademacher - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  6. 6Franz Rademacher (Diplomat) - Wikipediade.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports

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