Hans Josef Maria Globke ( 10 September 1898 – 13 February 1973 ) was a German lawyer , high-ranking civil servant and politician who served as Under-Secretary of State and Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery in West Germany from 28 October 1953 to 15 October 1963 . During World War II , Globke , a Ministerialdirigent in the Office for Jewish Affairs in the Ministry of the Interior , wrote a legal annotation on the anti-semitic Nuremberg Race Laws that did not express any objection to the discrimination against Jews , and placed the Nazi Party on a firmer legal ground , setting the path to The Holocaust . Globke later had a controversial career as Secretary of State and Chief of Staff of the West German Chancellery . In this role he was responsible for running the Chancellery , recommending the people who were appointed to roles in the government , coordinating the government 's work , and for the establishment and oversight of the West German intelligence service and for all matters of national security
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