Abraham Bar Menachem
Abraham Bar Menachem (born May 16, 1912 as Alfred Gutsmuth in Wieseck near Gießen ; died March 24, 2017 in Netanja , Israel ) was an Israeli lawyer and politician .
Live and act
After visiting the Liebigschule Abraham Bar Menahem studied law at the Ludwigs-University of Giessen , where he was in 1933/1934 Wolfgang Mittermaier Dr. jur. PhD . In February 1934 he moved to the Netherlands and finally emigrated to Palestine in 1938 . From 1967 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1978 he was mayor of the Israeli city of Netanya , where Bar Menachem lived until his death.
He has been committed to the reconciliation between Germany and Israel since the 1960s. Bar Menachem also established twinning between Netanya and Dortmund (1981) and his hometown Gießen (1978).
honors and awards
Bar Menachem was an honorary citizen of the city of Giessen (since 1987) and was an honorary colleague of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He also received the Hedwig Burgheim Medal from the city of Giessen in 1982, the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 1983 , the Hessian Order of Merit in 2011 and the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal in 2015 . In 2012 a portrait bust of him was unveiled in the Upper Hessian Museum in Gießen.
Publications
- The systematic justification of the provision in Section 157 Number 1 StGB. and the case law of the Reichsgericht on this. legal dissertation, Giessen 1933
- Abraham Bar Menachem: Despite the bitter past. Memories, speeches by an Israeli from Hessen . Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig 1992, ISBN 3-458-16245-3 .
- Israel. Yesterday and today in the footsteps of realities. Lit, Berlin and Münster 2006, ISBN 3-8258-9647-1
Web links
- Justus Liebig University Giessen: Dr. Abraham Bar Menachem celebrates his 100th birthday , press release, May 16, 2012
- University town of Gießen: Gießen's honorary citizen Dr. Avraham Bar-Menachem turns 100 , press release, May 14, 2012
- University town of Gießen: Gießen honorary citizen Dr. Avraham Bar Menachem celebrates 100th birthday , press release, May 10, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Gießener Anzeiger Verlags GmbH & Co KG: Gießen honorary citizen Dr. Bar Menachem died at the age of 104 . ( giessener-anzeiger.de [accessed on March 27, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bar Menachem, Abraham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gutsmuth, Alfred (maiden name); Menachem, Abraham Bar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wieseck near Giessen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2017 |
| Place of death | Netanya |