G. White Rose - Leaflet 5, February 1943

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction: The Law in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 1
6. 1. The Conundrum of Complicity: German Professionals and the Final Solution 15
7. 2. Civil Service Lawyers and the Holocaust: The Case of Wilhelm Stuckart 37
8. 3. Roland Freisler and the Volksgerichtshof: The Court as an Instrument of Terror 63
9. 4. Guilt, Shame, Anger, Indignation: Nazi Law and Nazi Morals 89
10. 5. Discrimination, Degradation, Defiance: Jewish Lawyers under Nazism 105
11. 6. Evading Responsibility for Crimes against Humanity: Murderous Lawyers at Nuremberg 137
12. 7. Judging German Judges in the Third Reich: Excusing and Confronting the Past 161
13. Appendixes
14. A. Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, 11 August 1919 191
15. B. Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State (Reichstag Fire Decree), 28 February 1933 192
16. C. Law to Remove the Distress of the People and the State (The Enabling Act), 23 March 1933 194
17. D. Hitler’s Call for a Nazi Lawyers’ League, 12 September 1928 196
18. E. Circular No. 8/1938 from Dr. Karl Leitmeyer, League of National Socialist Guardians of the Law, 4 March 1938 197
19. F. Law Amending Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (Excerpts), 24 April 1934 199
20. G. White Rose - Leaflet 5, February 1943 202
21. H. The Sentencing of Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst, 22 February 1943 204
22. I. The Fate of Markus Luftglass: Excerpt from the Record of the Nuremberg Justice Case, October 1941 208
23. J. Opinion and Sentence of the Nuremberg Special Court in the Case of Leo Katzenberger, 13 March 1942 211
24. K. Testimony of Curt Rothenberger at the Nuremberg Justice Case (Excerpts), 1947 224
25. L. Gustav Radbruch, “Statutory Lawlessness and Supra-Statutory Law” (excerpt), 1946 230
26. CONTRIBUTORS 233
27. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 236
28. INDEX 241