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Two official letters sent by the Ministry of Justice in Berlin and by the chairman of the regional Supreme Court of Law in Kiel, with notifications to Dr. Lawyer Walter Bachmann in Altona regarding the ban imposed on his working in his profession, because of his Jewish origin, 12 May 1933

File Number : 650

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation from the Oberlandesgericht und Staatsanwaltschaft (Upper Court of Law and Regional Prosecutor's Office) in Celle

Type of Material : Legal Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the Reichsministerium der Justiz (Reich Ministry of Justice), Germany, 1933-1945

Documentation of the Reichsministerium der Justiz (Reich Ministry of Justice), Germany, 1933-1945 In the years 1933-1935, the Reich Ministry of Justice became the central authority in the judicial system in Germany, and as such assumed management of the system. Upon the seizure of control by the Nazis, Franz Guertner, who had been appointed to the position of Reich Justice Minister in 1932 under Franz von Papen, abandoned the principles of State Law, and provided legal means for the activities of the SA, SS and the Gestapo. During his time, the rights of Jews were revoked and a special criminal code was...

Type of Material : Administrative Documentation, Survey Report, Lecture, Letter, Laws and Decrees, Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the German Ministry of Justice, regarding the implementation of the obligation for Zwangskartellrecht (Cartelization) in the Protectorate of Moravia and Bohemia area, 1939

Documentation of the German Ministry of Justice, regarding the implementation of the obligation for Zwangskartellrecht (Cartelization) in the Protectorate of Moravia and Bohemia area, 1939 - Memorandum sent to the German Ministry of the Economy by the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia (including a letter sent by the German Ministry of the Economy to the German Ministry of Justice, to which the memorandum was transferred), 12 July 1939: It was determined that the plans for the economic unification of Germany and the Protectorate have incurred difficulties in the Protectorate; the existing economic...

File Number : 264

Type of Material : Laws and Decrees, Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the German Ministry of Justice, 07/04/1936

Documentation of the German Ministry of Justice, 07/04/1936 Brief reports, titled, "7 April 1936": - Conviction of an S.A. officer for bringing false charges against a senior government clerk; - Reply by Cardinal Faulhaber to a letter [sent] by the office, regarding the slander against him in the "Voelkische Weltbild" publication, including the Cardinal's agreement to settle the matter without a lawsuit; - Attitude of Goerdeler, the mayor of Leipzig, regarding the trial concerning the embezzlement of the municipal bank; - Letter written by Cardinal Pacelli, the Vatican State Secretary, conveyed...

File Number : 247

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

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 by introducing the deprivation of rights of Jews and special wartime penal codes. Following Guertner's death, on 29 January 1941,...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Documentation of the Jewish Central Information Office in London, regarding the Nazi regime, including restrictions imposed on the Jewish population and Mischlinge (persons of mixed Jewish ancestory), Kristallnacht riots, the establishment of the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung (Central Office for Jewish Emigration) and more, 1933-1946 Page 1: - Directive from the Darmstadt District Office to all the municipalities in the district regarding the refusal to issue, or the limitation of use to within the country only, of passports belonging to German residents who are "Nicht Einwandsfreie...

File Number : 118

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Record of Murdered Persons, Record of Persecuted Persons, Personal Documents

Language : English, German

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946

Documentation, including reports, protocols, orders and so forth, related mainly to activities of the RSHA, SS, SD, Police and Wehrmacht, 1939-1944; documentation dated, 1939-1946 Included in the file: 23/06/1942 Letter, marked as Classified, of SS-Oberfuehrer Viktor Brack to Reichsfuehrer-SS Heinrich Himmler, in which he suggests to select and preserve approximately two-three million fit-for-work Jews following their sterilization or castration by X-ray. (pp. 2-3). 27/10/1943 Letter of SS-Gruppenfuehrer Odilo Globocnik (from Triest) to SS-Gruppenfuehrer Maximilian von Herff in the...

File Number : 120

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Reports, Correspondence, Protocol, Orders, Administrative Documentation

Language : German

Correspondence by the Ministry of Justice with senior factors in the Reich, regarding the proposal of legislation for the revocation of the legal rights of the Jews, 1942-1943

Correspondence by the Ministry of Justice with senior factors in the Reich, regarding the proposal of legislation for the revocation of the legal rights of the Jews, 1942-1943 Proposal of legislation for the Verordnung ueber die Bescraenkung der Rechtsmittel in Strafsachen fuer Jueden (Restriction of the Rights of the Jews for the Use of Legal Tools); submission of the proposal for legislation by the ministerial committee for the defense of the Reich; transfer of the proposal for the legislation, for discussion by the Ministry of Justice; First version [of the legislation]: Clause including a ban imposed...

File Number : 221

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : German

Directives by Himmler, regarding the imposition of punishment by death with intervention [?] by the legal system, 1942

Directives by Himmler, regarding the imposition of punishment by death with intervention [?] by the legal system, 1942 The document was written by Himmler following his meeting with Staatssekretaer Rothenberger and with Streckenbach and Bender, senior members of the SS; in the event that the legal process is insufficient, the criminal can be put on "Special Treatment" by the Police, this following the decision by Himmler, Borman and the Minister of Justice; other means for the amendment of the law: People's Court (without Nazi Party intervention) and destruction by means of labor (putting of anti-social...

File Number : 102

Language : German

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