brought forward against the guardian was that he was “non-Aryan.”
The local court refused to entertain the action. The father then appealed to the district court which also rejected his application. The case then went to the Supreme Court which overruled the lower courts and decided for the father, thus establishing a new principle of Nazi jurisprudence.
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