Career
On March 10, 1925 Rothstock entered Bettauer"s office and shot him five times at point-blank range. Hugo Bettauer died on March 26, 1925 from his wounds. At his trial, Rothstock justified what he had done as necessary to save German culture from the menace of Jewish degeneration.
His lawyer, Walter Riehl, (himself a Nazi functionary) argued that his client guilty but insane, with which the jury agreed.
However within twenty months Rothstock was released as "cured".
