Justiz und Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) The Rosenburg Files – The Federal Ministry of Justice and the Nazi Era Remembrance. Reflection. Responsibility. Vol. 1

The Nazi dictatorship committed unthinkable crimes and brought great suffering upon Germany and the world. The collaboration of the judicial system and lawyers with the Nazi regime has meanwhile been well documented in academic studies. Previously, however, it had been an open secret that many lawyers who were guilty of crimes returned to West German government service after the foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.