Reich Ministry of Justice
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The Reich Ministry of Justice was the central legal and judicial authority of Nazi Germany, responsible for administering and enforcing the regime’s laws, including many that enabled state-sponsored persecution and atrocities.
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government ministry
ⓘ
institution of Nazi Germany ⓘ justice ministry ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished |
1945
ⓘ
end of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| employer |
Nazi legal officials
ⓘ
Reich judges ⓘ Reich prosecutors ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Allied Control Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied Control Council legal administration in Germany
|
| hasEffect |
legitimization of Nazi crimes through legal norms
ⓘ
undermining rule of law in Germany ⓘ |
| hasPart |
departments for civil law
ⓘ
departments for criminal law ⓘ departments for legislation ⓘ departments for penal execution ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Berlin ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Third Reich
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi era
World War II ⓘ |
| ideology |
Nazism
ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ |
| inception | 1877 ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Berlin ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Curt Rothenberger
ⓘ
Franz Gürtner ⓘ Hans Frank ⓘ Otto Georg Thierack ⓘ |
| notableWork |
coordination with the Gestapo and SS on legal matters
ⓘ
enforcement of laws against so‑called political enemies ⓘ implementation of the Nuremberg Laws ⓘ legal facilitation of state‑sponsored persecution ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy |
Franz Gürtner
ⓘ
Hans Frank ⓘ Otto Georg Thierack ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | German ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
criminalization of resistance to the Nazi regime
ⓘ
implementation of Nazi terror through legal means ⓘ persecution of political opponents ⓘ state‑sponsored persecution of Jews ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Nazi Germany
|
| replaced | Prussian Ministry of Justice ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
drafting of laws in the German Reich
ⓘ
implementation of Nazi racial laws ⓘ implementation of political persecution through the legal system ⓘ judicial administration in the German Reich ⓘ supervision of courts in Nazi Germany ⓘ supervision of public prosecutors in Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Nazification of the German legal system
ⓘ
coordination of special courts (Sondergerichte) ⓘ coordination of the People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof) ⓘ purge of Jewish and politically unreliable judges and lawyers ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Wilhelmstrasse Trial
ⓘ
surface form:
Nuremberg Judges’ Trial
historical research on Nazi law and justice ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Reich government ⓘ |
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