[1] In 1940, he wrote a dissertation with Wilhelm Laforet on the subject of The Legal Status of the Editor under the Law of October 4, 1933.

The regulation had "eliminated at one stroke the overpowering, people-damaging and culture-injuring influence of the Jewish race in the field of the press."

Thanks to the National Socialist Schriftleitergesetz, German journalism had been quickly and thoroughly purged of undesirable elements and the "Marxist press" had been put out of business.

That a secretary had to be of Aryan descent as a matter of principle had been derived by Geiger directly from the party program of the NSDAP.

He obtained death sentences there in at least five cases, including against an 18-year-old who was alleged to have committed sexual acts against a minor slightly younger than himself.