Die Rosenburg

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The handling of the Nazi past by German government agencies and ministries post-war has garnered significant attention, particularly following the 2010 study “Das Amt,” which examined the German Foreign Office's Nazi connections. This discourse emphasizes institutional and personnel continuity and change, alongside the policy aspects of the early post-war governments. Various federal ministries have initiated independent commissions to investigate their histories, including the Federal Ministry of Justice, which aims to uncover its National Socialist continuities. The articles in this volume explore the transition from the Nazi legal system to the judiciary of the early Federal Republic of Germany, with a particular focus on the Federal Ministry of Justice, located in the Rosenburg in Bonn from 1950 to 1973. Key topics include recruitment and promotion policies, the evolution of the German Constitution after 1948/49, legislative power during the Third Reich and the early Federal Republic, the prosecution of war criminals, and the beginnings of criminal law policy within the Ministry, as well as developments in economic and family law. The “Independent Academic Commission at the Federal Ministry of Justice for the critical study of the national socialist past” held an academic symposium in Berlin on April 26, 2012, where many of the papers in this volume were presented.