Collection GB 1556 WL 527 - Richterbriefe': confidential circulars of the Reichsministerium der Justiz (microfilm)

207 frames

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.
GB 1556 WL 527 1942-1944 collection 207 frames Reichsministerium der Justiz (Justice Ministry)

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.

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.

Jewish Central Information Office

Series of 21 letters on a variety of legal matters affecting the judiciary in Nazi Germany, 1942-1944.

Numerical

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German

Microfilm

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Bundesarchiv, Germany

Boberach, Heinz, Kempner, Robert M. W., Rasehorn, Theo, Richterbriefe : Dokumente zur Beeinflussung der deutschen Rechtsprechung 1942-1944, (Boldt, Boppard am Rhein, 1975).

Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2007 Administration of justice European history German history Legal theory National history Nazism Political doctrines Reichsministerium der Justiz (Justice Ministry) Thierack , Otto Georg , 1889-1946 , Reichsminister der Justiz Third Reich Totalitarianism

Jewish Central Information Office

Series of 21 letters on a variety of legal matters affecting the judiciary in Nazi Germany, 1942-1944.

Numerical

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

• anglais

• latin

German

Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk

Bundesarchiv, Germany

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais