Series: Law, Justice, and the Holocaust

With a series of key decrees, legislative acts, and case law, the Nazi leadership gradually moved Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. Learn more about the role of the legal profession, the actions of judges, and the implementation of legislation.

Law, Justice, and the Holocaust

Law and Justice in the Third Reich

Reichstag Fire Decree

Arrests without Warrant or Judicial Review

The Enabling Act

Law for the Imposition and Implementation of the Death Penalty

Law against the Founding of New Parties

Oaths of Loyalty for All State Officials

Nuremberg Race Laws

Supreme Court Decision on the Nuremberg Race Laws

Decree against Public Enemies

First Letter to All Judges

Subsequent Nuremberg Proceedings, Case #3: The Justice Case

Background: Jurists' Trial Verdict

Glossary of Terms and Individuals in the Nazi Judicial System

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