Vera Brühne (February 6, 1910 in Essen – April 17, 2001 in Munich) became famous throughout Germany as a victim of miscarriage of justice. In 1961/62, she was convicted, together with Johann Ferbach, of having murdered the physician Otto Praun and his housekeeper.
Ulrich Sonnemann considered the case as a new Dreyfus affair.SONNEMANN, U. Der bundesdeutsche Dreyfus-Skandal: Rechtsbruch und Denkverzicht in der zehn Jahre alten Justizsache Brühne-Ferbach. 1970. In 1979, she was pardoned by Bavarian governor Franz Josef Strauss.So war's 1962. Der Fall Vera Brühne (www.wdr.de)
Dramatization Vera Brühne (2001), film
References
External links Vera Brühne on IMDb
Lebenslänglich für Vera Brühne. Deutsche Welle. Der Tod kam nicht um 19.45 Uhr. In: Der Spiegel, 1973, n. 39. Die wahrhaftige Lügnerin. In: Die Zeit, n. 22/2001. Film Documentation „Die großen Kriminalfälle: Lebenslänglich für Vera Brühne“, by Michael Gramberg, WDR, May 11, 2000.