Erich Drescher (lawyer)

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Erich Drescher (born February 1, 1884 in Kiel ; † October 3, 1975 ) was a German lawyer and former attorney general of Hamburg .

Life

Drescher was born the son of a senior postal director and, after attending the Johanneum School of Academics, studied law at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen from the winter semester 1902/1903 . During his studies he became a member of the Tübingen fraternity Derendingia . He passed his first state examination in law at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In 1910 he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . After the second state examination in law, he became a public prosecutor in Hamburg in 1913 . He took part in the First World War, initially as a volunteer , and finally as a lieutenant . From April 1, 1921 he was a judge at the district court. From 1921 worked in the compensation office, which he took over from 1923 to 1924. In 1925 he became a judge for commercial matters at the district court, and from February 1, 1929, he was appointed judge of the higher regional court at the patent senate of the Hanseatic higher regional court . On April 24, 1933 Drescher was appointed attorney general there. On May 1, 1933 , he became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 2,735,261). During the Second World War he took part in the Abwehr , most recently as a major in the reserve

After the devastating air raids on Hamburg in July 1943, Drescher ordered around 750 prisoners from Hamburg and 550 prisoners on remand for a period of 2 months at the beginning of August 1943. The inmates were to be used in repairing the damage caused by the air raids. Numerous prisoners, including about 50 members of the Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen group , a communist resistance group, did not comply with the obligation to return, but went into hiding. Drescher was therefore imprisoned, charges were brought against him before the Special Senate of the Reichsgericht, and on October 28, 1943 he was sentenced to 4 months in prison for negligent release from prisoners. He was retired on June 1, 1944. His successor as attorney general was Hans Haack (1901–1972). In 1944 he was drafted into the Volkssturm . After the Second World War he was questioned as a witness in the Nuremberg legal process.

In 1964 a commemorative publication in honor of Erich Drescher was published on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He spent his later years in Wohltorf near Hamburg.

Honors

Fonts

  • Derendinger at the turn of the century , 1974.

literature

  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , pp. 258-259.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Membership directory of the Derendingia fraternity in Tübingen.  October 1933, master roll no. 332.
  2. ↑ Information about the "Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen" group
personal data
SURNAME Drescher, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and attorney general
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1975