What happened to criminals who were convicted and sentenced to punishment during the Weimar Republic, who were carrying out the sentence when the Nazis took power? So when the Nazis took power I imagine there were probably prisoners waiting in cells that were sentenced by the Weimar Republic or even the German Empire. I'm talking about convicted murders, pedophiles, Rapist. Did the new regime let prisoners carry out the original sentences (10 years, 20 years, life etc.) or disregard them completely? 