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100 1 0 _aSchmid, Johannes
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245 0 0 _aAfter the Denazification, the “Renazification”? The Reintegration of Judges and Prosecutors in Post-War Germany (1945-1968)
260 _c2016.
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520 _aThe article presents a critical survey of publications on the purge and reintegration of German judges and prosecutors who had been in office during the Nazi regime. The study covers the period between the beginning of the denazification process, in 1945, and 1968, by when most of the judges and prosecutors active under the Nazi reign had retired. By analyzing the various stages of the administrative and penal denazification process the article attempts to shed some light on the nature of the denounced “renazification” of the judicial system in West Germany. In contrast to East Germany, where judges and prosecutors were meticulously scrutinized without the reintegration of the purged, Western Germany saw a massive return of the compromised in the legal system. If these judges and prosecutors did not undermine the development of a democratic legal system they refused to accept their responsibilities under the Nazi regime.
690 _aJudge
690 _aTransitional justice
690 _aProsecutor
690 _aPurge
690 _aDenazification
690 _aReintegration
690 _aGermany
786 0 _nDroit et société | o 92 | 1 | 2016-04-13 | p. 159-179 | 0769-3362
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-droit-et-societe-2016-1-page-159?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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