The proverbial phrase "there's a judge in Berlin," which in German tradition indicates trust in the independence of the  court system from the political power of the moment, applied - within certain limits - even in the Third Reich. Of the 325 priests and religious arrested after the encyclical, only 21 were condemned, and it's all but certain that among them some were falsely accused. Virtually all of them ended up in extermination camps, where many died.