People of the Revolution and the USSR
- Max Fechner Max Fechner First East German justice minister, dismissed and imprisoned in 1953 after opposing the prosecution of striking workers
- Hilde Benjamin Hilde Benjamin East German jurist who succeeded Fechner as justice minister after the 1953 uprising and led its harsh political trials
- Ferenc Vida Vida Ferenc A communist judge who enforced political trials
- Marian Rybicki Marian Rybicki A legal functionary who defined order against a workers’ revolt