Documentation of the Reich Ministry of Justice: Wehrmacht and Foreign Affairs, 1933-1945

Documentation of the Reich Ministry of Justice: Wehrmacht and Foreign Affairs, 1933-1945 The Reich Ministry of Justice became the central authority for the administration of justice in Germany, 1933-1935, thus taking control over this domain. With the Nazi rise to power, Franz Guertner, who had already served as State Minister of Justice under Papen and Schleicher, abandoned the principles of state justice, and supplied the SA, SS, and Gestapo with legal cover for their activities b...