National Socialist Association of Legal Professionals

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Emblem of Nationalsozialistischer Rechtswahrerbund (NSRB), from Organisationsbuch der NSDAP 1943

The National Socialist Association of German Legal Professionals (German: Nationalsozialistischer Rechtswahrerbund, or NSRB) was the professional organization of German legal professionals (lawyers, judges, public prosecutors, notaries and legal academics) in the Third Reich from 1936 to 1945. It was the successor of the Association of National Socialist German Legal Professionals (German: Bund Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Juristen, or BNSDJ), which existed from 1928 to 1936. [1]

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