This is part three of The Trials of Nuremberg, 1947. Host Judge Stephen Sfekas outlines howGermany’s legal system—once considered among the most advanced in the world—gradually became an instrument of tyranny. He traces the roots from Bismarck’s judicial reforms to Hitler’s Enabling Act, showing how civil law traditions, social class, and career incentives helped create a judiciary loyal to the state rather than to justice itself.

In this episode, Judge Sfekas explores how Nazi leaders used law to legalize persecution, how judges justified their roles, and how the postwar Justice Trial sought to reassert the idea that law must serve humanity, not power. It is a story about the collapseof moral judgment inside the courts.