Was the holocaust legal?

INTRODUCTION Between 1933 and 1945, Germany's government, led by Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist (Nazi) party, carried out a deliberate, calculated attack on European Jewry. read more

Essentially, the choice legal theorists face when asked the question "was the Holocaust legal" is this: if the Holocaust was legal, then Nuremberg was illegitimate, but law has its basis in legislation, and leaders have the ability to have laws within their countries. read more

The holocaust was technically “legal” in that place and time due to the multi-faceted widespread collaboration of every aspect of the German government and institutional framework. but no, it was obviously not legal, it was a crime against humanity. read more

The role of those in the legal profession in general and the actions of judges in particular were critical. Many senior jurists in Nazi Germany had been on the bench throughout the years of the Weimar Republic (1918–1933) and, before that, during the Imperial regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1888–1918). read more