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Hitler’s German Judiciary: The Destruction of Legal Autonomy under the Third Reich
Far from being neutral arbiters of justice reluctantly swept up in a political maelstrom, many members of the judiciary eagerly aligned themselves with Nazi ideology, enforcing policies of exclusion, repression, and persecution. Judges, in particular, viewed the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler as an opportunity to restore order, discipline, and national unity—values they believed had been undermined by democratic liberalism.
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