Albert Simonson (judge)
Albert Siegmund Simonson (wrongly also Simonsohn ; born June 14, 1854 in Berlin ; † May 3, 1942 ibid) was a German judge .
Life
In 1876 he was sworn in to the Prussian sovereign. In 1887 he became a district judge and worked in Berlin and later in Luckenwalde. In 1895 he became a district judge and worked in Berlin. In 1898 he was appointed regional judge and in 1900 a higher regional judge. In 1909 he came from Breslau to the Imperial Court. He was active in the fifth civil senate. He was retired in December 1923. For the National Socialists he was considered a lawyer of Jewish origin:
“ At lunchtime we are at table with our friends Reich judge Simonson and his wife. [...] The old man is already broken. What is done to these Jewish patricians, officially and clandestinely, is horrific. Not just a complete social boycott, the former colleagues no longer dare to be seen in the once so coveted rich house or even to go for a walk with the old people. The Leipzig authorities have recently issued a regulation that Jews are only allowed to live in 'Jewish houses'. So the landlord has given them notice of their beautiful, large apartment, and at the age of over 80 the old people now have to move into a Jewish house. That gave them a terrible shock; they see it as a disgrace, an offense. Because they are not - this is the particular tragedy of these people - Jews, they do not want to be it, they never were. Prussian, national, Protestant to the bone, always ready to assimilate, with a noble son-in-law - who has now been thrown out of his office because of the Jewish wife! - they are treated as renegades by the real Jews, and as Jews by the Nazis. "
family
In 1887 he married Gertrud Simonson, b. Mende (1859-1944 / 45). The couple converted from the Jewish to the Evangelical Lutheran faith shortly after their marriage. The couple had two children, Ilse (1888–1944) and Werner (1889–1991). In 1935 they had to move from Schwägrichenstrasse to Beethovenstrasse. They moved to Berlin-Grunewald in 1940. Mother and daughter were deported to Theresienstadt in 1943. The mother is considered missing. The daughter was killed in Auschwitz in 1944. Son Werner had to give up his promising judging career under National Socialism and emigrated to Great Britain in 1939. There he became an Anglican pastor.
Fonts
- The German Check Act of March 11, 1908, explained with special consideration of the decisions of the Reich Court. Berlin 1924.
literature
- Adolf Lobe: Fifty Years of the Reichsgericht on October 1, 1929 , Berlin 1929, p. 376.
Web links
- Association for the History of Berlin eV: Photographs from the history of Berlin, picture Albert Simonsons .
- Internet portal juden-in-sachsen.de: "Simonsohn, Albert Siegmund" .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date and place according to the webpage RA Hubert Lang, Leipzig ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Werner Simonson: "The Last Judgment - From Prussian Judge to Anglican Pastor", autobiography, Neuendettelsau 2003.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Simonson, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simonson, Albert Siegmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Imperial Judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1942 |
| Place of death | Berlin |