National Socialist judiciary (1933-1945)

Münchner Platz is an prime example of how the National Socialists perverted the dispensation of justice to enforce and strengthen their claim to power. Saxon Special Courts, special criminal courts within the regional courts, were introduced in March of 1933. The 'People's Court' was formed in April of 1934 to try cases of treason and high treason. These courts conducted some of their proceedings in the courtroom of the Dresden Regional Court.

After the annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938 and the formation of the 'Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia' in March of 1939, German regional courts and state supreme courts were established in these territories. Death sentences handed down by the Prague Special Court were carried out at Münchner Platz until the court established its own execution site in Prague in April 1943. An examining magistrate of the People's Court responsible for the 'Special Matter of Bohemia and Moravia' also conducted interrogations at the Dresden Regional Court. The 'People's Court' could also refer 'moderately severe' cases of treason and high treason in the protectorate to three state supreme courts, among them the Dresden State Supreme Court. The death sentences handed down in these cases were also carried out at Münchner Platz. After the occupation and territorial reorganisation of Poland, persons sentenced to death by the Posen State Supreme Court were also executed at Münchner Platz. Death sentences handed down by the Wehrmacht judiciary or the Reich Court were also carried out at Münchner Platz.