Franz schlegelberger biography

Franz Schlegelberger

German politician

Louis Rudolph Franz Schlegelberger (23 October 1876 – 14 December 1970) was State Secretary in the German Reich Ministry of Justice (RMJ) who served as Justice Minister during the Third Reich. He was the highest-ranking defendant at the Judges' Trial in Nuremberg.

Early life

Schlegelberger was born into a Protestant salesman's family in Königsberg. He graduated from the University of Königsberg – or according to documents from his trial the University of Leipzig – in 1899 attaining the degree of Doctor of Law. In 1901 Schlegelberger passed the state law examination and became a court Assessor at the Königsberg local court. In 1904 he became a judge at the State Court in Lyck (now Ełk). In early May 1908, he went to the Berlin State Court and in the same year was appointed assistant judge at the Berlin Court of Appeals (Kammergericht). In 1914 he was appointed to the Kammergericht Council (Kammergerichtsrat) in Berlin, where he stayed until 1918.

On 1 April 1918 Schlegelberger became an associate at t

Franz Schlegelberger

Franz Schlegelberger (født 23. oktober1876 i Königsberg i Østpreussen i Tyskland, død 14. desember1970 i Flensburg) var jurist tilknyttet justisministeriet i Tyskland, både før og i det tredje rikes tid.

Han ble dømt som krigsforbryter under juristprosessen i Nürnberg i 1946.

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Schlegelberger kom fra en protestantisk kjøpmannsfamilie i Königsberg. Han studerte rettsvitenskap i Königsberg og Berlin. Han tok dem juridiske doktorgraden ved universitetet i Leipzig i 1899 og tok den store juridiske statseksamen i 1901.

Først virket han som rettsassessor ved en domstol i Königsberg. I 1904 ble han landsdommer i Lyck, i 1908 kom han til landretten i Berlin, og samme år ble han så hjelpedommer ved kammerretten i Berlin. I 1914 ble han kammerrettsråd i Berlin, og ble i den stillingen til 1918.[4]

Under første verdenskrig ble han fra 1. april 1918 hjelpearbeider ved riksjustisembedet. Den 1. oktober 1918 ble han utnevnt til geheimregjeringsråd og aktoratsrådet. I 1927 ble han ministeri

Franz Schlegelberger

German judge and politician (1876-1970)

  • Born: 1876-10-23 (Königsberg)
  • Died: 1970-12-14 (Flensburg)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: judge; jurist; politician; university teacher
  • Member of political party: Nazi Party
  • Participant in: Judges' Trial (role: defendant)
  • Significant person: Reinhold Richter (role: acquaintance)
  • Position held: Federal Ministry of Justice; Reich Minister of Justice (period: 1941-01-30 through 1942-08-19; replaced by: Otto Georg Thierack; replaces: Franz Gürtner)
  • Employer: Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Educated at: Humboldt University of Berlin; University of Königsberg
  • VIAF ID:https://viaf.org/viaf/36993397
  • ISNI:https://isni.org/isni/0000000110249393
  • WorldCat Identities ID:https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83141074
  • Library of Congress authority ID:https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83141074

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