Protective custody (Nazi Germany)
Protective custody (German: Schutzhaft), was the extra- or para-legal rounding-up of political opponents, Jews and other persecuted groups of people in Nazi Germany. It was sometimes officially defended as being necessary to protect them from the 'righteous' wrath of the German population. Schutzhaft did not provide for a judicial warrant, in fact the detainee would most probably never have seen a judge. The victims were then sent to concentration camps such as Dachau concentration camp or Buchenwald concentration camp.[1]
References
- Law And Justice In The Third Reich (from the United States Holocaust Memorial website)
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