The Court of Military Honour (German: Ehrenhof) was a drumhead court-martial in Nazi Germany, composed of high-ranking officers of the Wehrmacht, which was formed by a Führer decree (Führererlass) on 2 August 1944.
[1] The court had the express task of identifying and expelling officers of the German Army who, according to the Gestapo,[2] had participated in the 20 July plot against Adolf Hitler.
Hitler appointed the following officers to the court (military rank at the time of the decree):[3] Hitler reserved the right to personally decide on the applications of the Court of Honor.
[2] Between 4 August and 14 September 1944, a total of 55 army officers were expelled from the Wehrmacht and another 29 were dismissed at the suggestion of the Court of Honour.
Their expulsion from the Wehrmacht was the prerequisite for them being handed over to the People's Court for trial and not to the Reich Court-Martial, which was actually responsible.