''Braunbuch — Kriegs- und Naziverbrecher in der Bundesrepublik: Staat - Wirtschaft - Verwaltung - Armee - Justiz - Wissenschaft'' (English title: ''Brown Book — War and Nazi Criminals in the Federal Republic: State, Economy, Administration, Army, Justice, Science'') is a book written by

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in 1965. In this book Norden claimed that 1,800 politicians and other prominents in

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held prominent positions in Germany prior to 1945, became rich etc. Altogether 1,800 West German persons and their past were covered: especially 15

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and state secretaries, 100 admirals and generals, 828 judges or state lawyers and high law officers, 245 officials of the

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and of embassies and consulates in leading position, 297 high police officers and officers of the

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. The first brown book was seized in West Germany — on

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— by judicial resolution. The contents of this book received substantial attention in West Germany and other countries. The West German government stated, at that time, that it was "all falsification". Later on, however, it became clear that the data of the book were largely correct.

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, for example, really had been a member of the SS. The book was translated into 10 languages. Amongst the reactions to it was also a similar West German book of the same name, covering the topic of Nazis re-emerging in high-level positions in the GDR. In addition to the ''Braunbuch'' the educational booklet ''Das ganze System ist braun'' (''The whole system is brown'') was published in the GDR.

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*"Braunbuch.Kriegs-und Naziverbrecher in der Bundesrepublik", Berlin 1960, 1965, 1968 *Olaf Kappelt: Braunbuch DDR. Nazis in der DDR. Reichmann Verlag, Berlin (West) 1981.

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