What effect did the leaders of the Third Reich have on judicial officers? Arthur von Gruenewaldt takes Frankfurt´s Higher Regional Court as an example in order to examine and detail the dismissal, replacement and disenfranchisement of judges on political or racist grounds and how they were replaced with either so-called old fighters, convinced national socialists, careerists or opportunists.

What effect did the leaders of the Third Reich have on judicial officers? Because the system obtained legitimation through judicial adjudication, it was necessary for the regime to have loyal judges. Arthur von Gruenewaldt takes Frankfurt´s Higher Regional Court as an example in order to examine and detail the dismissal, replacement and disenfranchisement of judges on political or racist grounds and how they were replaced with either so-called old fighters, convinced national socialists, careerists or opportunists. In this volume, the careers and political behaviors of high judicial officers and the persecuted, as well as the self-seekers, are set out in comprehensive collective and individual biographies. To round off, the author looks at the post-war reconstruction of Hessian law and considers continuity of personnel.

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Geboren 1983; Reserveoffizier; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften an den Universitäten Bonn, Lausanne und Münster; Referendariat im Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk Frankfurt am Main; 2014 Promotion an der Universität Kiel.