For over 60 years, the Central Office of the Land Judicial Authorities for Investigation of National Socialist Crimes has the
task to conducting preliminary investigations on national socialist crimes. We scrutinize material all over the world, collect it and evaluate the
records. Our goal is to trace perpetrators and accomplices who are still alive and can be
prosecuted even today for their involvement in mass murders of the Nazi regime.
In
recent years, we have been able to transfer an increasing number of cases to the public prosecutor's offices, particularly against guards
in concentration camps and, more recently, prisoner of war camps. As a rule, these cases concern the accusation of having supported the
systematic murders by working in a certain function. The investigations by the public prosecutor's offices and the main court hearings
resulting from the charges show how the judiciary can endeavour to prosecute murder crimes committed by the Nazi regime even today, despite
the long period of time and despite the legal and factual difficulties.
With this
Internet page we would like to give you a first insight into our investigations.
You can find
Job Openings in the section "Staffing" and
information to the Legal Studies Internship/Traineeship as well as the Compulsory Optional Stage in the Practical Legal Training in the
section "Service".
Thank you for your interest in our work!
