State Security in the Cold War
Non-Fiction, History
Public servants of dictatorship and lawyers of democracy
The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is in charge with protecting the state and contributing to the consistent enforcement of the law. In the early Federal Republic, it cracked down harshly on Communists, and in the early 1970s, it had to fight a previously unknown threat presented by the emerging leftwingterrorist group RAF. At the same time, the Federal Prosecutor's Officeshied away from dealing with the past of its own employees, despite the factthat many had held important legal positions in the Third Reich. For the firsttime ever, this book explores the history of the Federal Prosecutor’s Officebetween 1950 and 1974. It sheds light on the highly topical question of how ademocracy can protect the state without betraying its own values.
• The first archive-based historical study of the FederalProsecutor's Office and its Nazi past
• A historical panorama of the early years of the Federal Republicof Germany
Friedrich Kießling, born in 1970, is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He has participated in several major research projects, including one on the history of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
Christoph Safferling, born in 1971, is Professor of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, International Criminal Law, and International Law at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Public servants of dictatorship and lawyers of democracy
The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is in charge with protecting the state and contributing to the consistent enforcement of the law. In the early Federal Republic, it cracked down harshly on Communists, and in the early 1970s, it had to fight a previously unknown threat presented by the emerging leftwingterrorist group RAF. At the same time, the Federal Prosecutor's Officeshied away from dealing with the past of its own employees, despite the factthat many had held important legal positions in the Third Reich. For the firsttime ever, this book explores the history of the Federal Prosecutor’s Officebetween 1950 and 1974. It sheds light on the highly topical question of how ademocracy can protect the state without betraying its own values.
• The first archive-based historical study of the FederalProsecutor's Office and its Nazi past
• A historical panorama of the early years of the Federal Republicof Germany