Despite some initial efforts by local prosecutors to take legal action against those who carried out the murders, which the regime rapidly quashed, it appeared that no law would constrain Hitler in his use of power.
Nogle indledende skridt fra lokale anklagere til at indlede sager mod de, som udførte drabene, blev hurtigt stoppet af regimet, og det så ud til, at ingen lov kunne begrænse Hitler i hans magtudøvelse.