"He was the greatest ambassador the Federal Republic of Germany ever had." Robert M. W. Kempner Fritz Bauer was the attorney general who brought Eichmann, Auschwitz, the Wehrmacht crimes, the Nazi judiciary, and Nazi physicians to justice. As a result, he faced hostility and death threats throughout his life. A survivor of the Nazis¿ concentration camps and prisons himself, Bauer fought for the prisoners and the weakest members of society. The right and duty to resist, a reform of criminal law, and a humane prison system were his main causes. "We should be our brother¿s keeper," the jurist…mehr
"He was the greatest ambassador the Federal Republic of Germany ever had." Robert M. W. Kempner Fritz Bauer was the attorney general who brought Eichmann, Auschwitz, the Wehrmacht crimes, the Nazi judiciary, and Nazi physicians to justice. As a result, he faced hostility and death threats throughout his life. A survivor of the Nazis¿ concentration camps and prisons himself, Bauer fought for the prisoners and the weakest members of society. The right and duty to resist, a reform of criminal law, and a humane prison system were his main causes. "We should be our brother¿s keeper," the jurist insisted. "In my eyes, that is the goal of a democratic, social, and humane legal system. That is the charity religions speak of." Fritz Bauer was a champion of the survivors in Germany after the Second World War and the Holocaust.
Irmtrud Wojak ist Historikerin, Publizistin und Kuratorin. 2014/15 wurde sie mit einem Stipendium am Radcliffe Institute der Harvard Universität ausgezeichnet. Sie promovierte an der Ruhruniversität Bochum mit einer Studie über das Exil in Chile, die Flucht und den Neubeginn von über zehntausend Flüchtlingen vor dem Nationalsozialismus. An der Leibniz Universität Hannover habilitierte sie sich mit ihrer Biographie des Juristen Fritz Bauer (1903-1968). Sie kuratierte die erste Ausstellung über den Auschwitz-Prozess mit internationalen Künstlerinnen und Künstlern. Die 2013 von Irmtrud Wojak gegründete gemeinnützige BUXUS STIFTUNG GmbH ist dem Leben und Werk Fritz Bauers verpflichtet. Die Gesellschaft erforscht und fördert die Voraussetzungen für ein gesellschaftliches Zusammenleben, das auf Eigenständigkeit, Mut und Zivilcourage beruht.
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Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................ 7 Tu bingen, the old Kronenstrasse, the Silence of the Streets Earliest memories.............................................................................................................. 31 We shall build the cities of the future Stuttgart at the beginning of the twentieth century........................................................... 44 My family was dutiful and respectable" Schooldays before and during the First World War......................................................... 56 In the Struggle for Human Rights Law studies, career as a judge, champion of the Weimar Republic................................ 82 The Happy Isle of Denmark Imprisonment in a concentration camp, flight, first years in exile, 1933 1943............. 113 If this were a summer holiday, it would be fantastic here! 1943 1945: ...migré in Sweden.......................................................................................153 A Lesson in International Law Back in Denmark after the war.......................................................................................183 Ending this State of Limbo Copenhagen, Hanover, Braunschweig........................................................................... 214 Crimes Against Humanity Bauer as judge and attorney general in Braunschweig from 1949 to 1956................... 241 There s a limit to a despot s power The Remer trial as a plea for the right to resist............................................................. 262 The Murderers Among Us Eichmann, Bormann, Mengele the Final Solution on trial........................................ 280 Anyone who contributed to this killing machine is guilty The major Auschwitz trial............................................................................................ 312 Plain hard work is all that remains to do today The unpunished Nazi judiciary and the Nazi euthanasia killings................................. 358 That thou shalt do no murder The endless catalogue of Nazi crimes........................................................................... 398 In Search of the Law A life of cool-headed passion........................................................................................ 429 The Duty to Disobey June 30, 1968 death and legacy.................................................................................. 449 Acknowledgements...................................................................................................... 460 Notes............................................................................................................................. 461 Selected writings by Fritz Bauer.................................................................................. 551 Bibliography................................................................................................................. 558 Index............................................................................................................................. 587
Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................ 7 Tu bingen, the old Kronenstrasse, the Silence of the Streets Earliest memories.............................................................................................................. 31 We shall build the cities of the future Stuttgart at the beginning of the twentieth century........................................................... 44 My family was dutiful and respectable" Schooldays before and during the First World War......................................................... 56 In the Struggle for Human Rights Law studies, career as a judge, champion of the Weimar Republic................................ 82 The Happy Isle of Denmark Imprisonment in a concentration camp, flight, first years in exile, 1933 1943............. 113 If this were a summer holiday, it would be fantastic here! 1943 1945: ...migré in Sweden.......................................................................................153 A Lesson in International Law Back in Denmark after the war.......................................................................................183 Ending this State of Limbo Copenhagen, Hanover, Braunschweig........................................................................... 214 Crimes Against Humanity Bauer as judge and attorney general in Braunschweig from 1949 to 1956................... 241 There s a limit to a despot s power The Remer trial as a plea for the right to resist............................................................. 262 The Murderers Among Us Eichmann, Bormann, Mengele the Final Solution on trial........................................ 280 Anyone who contributed to this killing machine is guilty The major Auschwitz trial............................................................................................ 312 Plain hard work is all that remains to do today The unpunished Nazi judiciary and the Nazi euthanasia killings................................. 358 That thou shalt do no murder The endless catalogue of Nazi crimes........................................................................... 398 In Search of the Law A life of cool-headed passion........................................................................................ 429 The Duty to Disobey June 30, 1968 death and legacy.................................................................................. 449 Acknowledgements...................................................................................................... 460 Notes............................................................................................................................. 461 Selected writings by Fritz Bauer.................................................................................. 551 Bibliography................................................................................................................. 558 Index............................................................................................................................. 587
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