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Documentation of the National-Socialist Union of Law Defenders and of the Reich Legal Office, Germany

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation, including a proposal for the design of Germany's policies in the Generalgouvernement according to demographic-national lines, 1940

Documentation, including a proposal for the design of Germany's policies in the Generalgouvernement according to demographic-national lines, 1940 Introduction, chapter heads and an opening chapter of the proposal for the "Rechtsgestaltung Deutsche Polenpolitic nach Volkspolitischen Gesichtspunkten" ("The Legal Design of Germany's States in Poland from a Political-National Viewpoint"), submitted to the Nazi Committee in the German Legal Academy in January 1940; recommendations regarding the desired policy in Poland: For the purpose of productivity in agriculture, between 1-1.5 million German settlers are to...

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, the War Criminals Department: Testimonies and correspondence regarding Dr. Max Hellwig, Judenkommissar (Commissioner for the Jews) in Danzig, dated 1946-1948 Pages 2-4: Testimonies against Dr. Max Hellwig, a member of the NSDAP and Judenkommissar (Commissioner for the Jews) in Danzig, regarding his crimes against the Jews during the war, dated 15 September 1946; Pages 5-13: Correspondence between the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in Munich, the Association of Victims of Nazi Persecution; the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior; the Bavarian Relief...

File Number : 308

Type of Material : Record of Survivors, Names of Perpetrators, Photograph, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : German

"The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay written by Dr. Bruno Blau

"The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay written by Dr. Bruno Blau In the file: 2-Scanned File: Postwar "The German Penal System under the Nazi Regime", essay by Dr. Bruno Blau, New York, describing the history of Nazi law from its early days undermining lawful procedures to its totally arbitrary approach to prosecution: - Executions of politically undesirable persons during the "Night of the Long Knives"; - Death penalties, based on overriding of court decisions by direct intervention of Hitler; - The "Nacht und Nebel Erlass" (Night and Fog Decree), 1941; - Nazi...

File Number : 325

Type of Material : Research Article, Testimony, Official Documentation

Language : Hebrew, German