Mirror affair

Those Mirror affair was one due to a critical article by the police under pressure one set. It is regarded from today's view as stabilization of the pressefreiheit in Germany.

History

In expenditure 41/ the magazine reported Conrad Ahlers under the title Caused defense ready over the bad layer that . It became with reference to results one this article was based over Fallex 62 on top secret internal documents.

Friedrich baron of the Heydte refunded to announcement because of Landesverrates against those of the Mirror. To became against several editors, u.A. Conrad Ahlers as well as that and the areas became of the Mirror in during its vacation in by those arrests. The arrest Ahlers in Spain excited special indignation, there there at that time still the dictator with the opposition prevailed. On the following day, Saturday that as well as the remaining Press, the one attack on those feared.

The at that time , ( agreed upon, which many later admits only became. He explained to from the detention.

To the third criminal senate decided of the would occupy. Thus no main method was opened and the "mirror affair" thereby was terminated by official side.

In January the mirror publishing house wanted by that to state it leaves that the Federal Government with the search arrangement and seizure offended against the pressefreiheit. With equality of votes of the condition judges the constitutional complaint became in Mirror judgement rejected.


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