Series of 21 letters on a variety of legal matters affecting the judiciary in Nazi Germany, 1942-1944.
'Richterbriefe': confidential circulars of the Reichsministerium der Justiz (microfilm)
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- ReferenceGB 1556 WL 527
- Dates of Creation1942-1944
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialGerman
- Physical Description207 frames
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Reichsministerium der Justiz (Justice ministry) was one of the ministries of the Third Reich. The Richterbriefe are a series of confidential letters addressed to the Nazi judiciary from the Reichsministerium outlining in detail the stance that should be taken and verdicts, which should be given in numerous case scenarios. They were a method of further controlling and subordinating the judiciary to Nazi ideology. They came about shortly after the appointment of Otto Georg Thierack to the position of Reichsminister der Justiz in August 1942.
Arrangement
Numerical
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Jewish Central Information Office
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk
Alternative Form Available
Bundesarchiv, Germany
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Microfilm
Archivist's Note
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn
Conditions Governing Use
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Custodial History
There were originally 11,000 sets of Richterbriefe, 10,384 of which were sent to the courts and the remainder to various ministries, senior government departments and party offices. The provenance of this particuar set is unknown.
Location of Originals
Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Bibliography
Boberach, Heinz, Kempner, Robert M. W., Rasehorn, Theo, Richterbriefe : Dokumente zur Beeinflussung der deutschen Rechtsprechung 1942-1944 , (Boldt, Boppard am Rhein, 1975).