Supreme Court of East Germany

The Supreme Court of the German Democratic Republic (German: Oberstes Gericht der DDR) was the highest judicial organ of the GDR. It was set up in 1949 and was housed on Scharnhorststraße 6 in Berlin. The building now houses the district court in Berlin, Germany 2 Instance and the District Court Berlin-Mitte. In the early days, 14 judges made up the court.

Responsibilities

Among the responsibilities of the court included

Later other tasks were added, mainly due to the process of simplification which is attributable to the pace of DDR-Justiz.

A constitutional court and special administrative, social and financial judicial branches did not exist in the GDR.

Notable figures

Coordinates: 52°31′55″N 13°22′23″E / 52.532°N 13.373°E