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Memorandum and letters regarding Rothenberger's proposals for reform of the judicial system according to Nazi principles
NMT 3
Authors
Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)
Hans H. Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
- Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
- Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)
A. Bormann (personal aide to Hitler)
Albert Bormann
German Nazi officer, adjutant to Adolf Hitler (1902-1989)
- Born: 1902-09-02 (Halberstadt)
- Died: 1989-04-08 (Munich)
- Country of citizenship: German Empire; Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1927-01-01)
- Member of: Schutzstaffel (series ordinal: 278267); Sturmabteilung
- Military rank: Gruppenführer
- Position held: member of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany
Curt Rothenberger (senior judge, Hamburg; State Secretary, Ministry of Justice)
Curt Rothenberger
German politician (1896-1959)
- Born: 1896-06-30 (Cuxhaven)
- Died: 1959-09-01 (Hamburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: Landgerichtsrat (since: 1931-01-01); judge (since: 1922-01-01); jurist; lawyer
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
- Employer: Reich Ministry of Justice (position held: secretary of state; since: 1942-01-01)
- Spouse: Alice Rothenberger (since: 1939-04-27)
Date: 11 May 1942
Literal Title: Re: Memorandum regarding Judicial Reform.
Defendants: Curt Rothenberger, Franz Schlegelberger
Total Pages: 33
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NG-75
Document Book No: Rothenberger 3
Defense Document No.: Rothenberger 49
HLSL Item No.: 10298
Notes:This document was apparently not entered by Rothenberger as an exhibit in the trial; at least, the trial transcript citation for it has not yet been located if it was entered in his case. The identification as evidence document NG 75 is provided in the document book table of contents. Rothenberger's memorandum, beginning on the third page, is "Reflections on a National Socialist Judicial Reform." NG 75 was entered as an exhibit by the prosecution and by Petersen.
Document Summary
Doc Book Tables of Contents
NG-75: Rothenberger's thesis on judicial reform, with cover letter/Lammers.