More than half of the high-ranking officials in the German Ministry of Justice in the 50s and 60s of the last century were former members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, whose president was Adolf Hitler, according to an independent study published today.
The study states that in 1957, as many as 77 percent of senior officials in that ministry were former members of the Nazi Party, which is an even higher percentage than during the Third Reich, in the period from 1944-1945. year, reported AFP.
It also explains how thousands of Germans who committed crimes during the Third Reich were protected by former members of the Nazi Party in key positions in the German justice system after the war.
By their inactivity or deliberate sabotage, they systematically protected "Nazi criminals" from prosecution, according to AP.
"The failure of Germany to properly prosecute former Nazis in the period after the Second World War should be a warning to the legal profession in Germany, but also elsewhere, said the Minister of Justice of that country, Hejko Maas.
Mas said the study illustrates the importance of education, even of lawyers, to resist injustice.
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