Ernst Ruben

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Ernst Ruben (born September 21, 1880 in Berlin , † November 19, 1944 in Eberswalde ) was a German lawyer and judge. During the socialization movement in the Ruhr area , he was appointed People's Commissar for the Socialization of Ruhr Mining by the Essen Workers 'and Soldiers' Council in January 1919 . Later he was state commissioner in the state of Braunschweig and since 1928 he was the chief judge at the labor court in Berlin.

Stumbling Stone Magdeburger Strasse, Berlin

Life

He studied law and political science , history and social sciences in Freiburg and Berlin. Ruben was one of the founders of the free student body . He completed his legal clerkship in Nauen and Berlin. He also studied ethnology and was a lecturer in workers' education associations . From 1907 he was an assistant judge at the Berlin Regional Court . He also gave lectures and published writings. Between 1914 and 1918 Ruben was a judge at the Essen Regional Court .

During the socialization movement in the Ruhr area, during the January strike in 1919, he was appointed chairman (People's Commissar) of a commission of nine for the socialization of mining by the Essen workers 'and soldiers' council consisting of the MSPD, USPD and KPD. In the short time of his appointment, however, he probably did not become really active.

From June 1919 he was a judge at the District Court I in Berlin. In the meantime he was State Commissioner in Braunschweig from 1920 to 1922. There he participated in the drafting of the state constitution and supervised the first state elections.

Ruben had been a member of the SPD since 1920 and was a member of the Republican Judges' Association . He was also a member of the Association of Social Democratic Lawyers . He was a member of the newly founded Berlin Labor Court, initially as a deputy and from 1928 as a presiding judge. In 1932 he resigned from the SPD.

After the beginning of the National Socialist rule he was dismissed as a Jew and socialist on the basis of the law for the restoration of the professional civil service with reduced salaries. Because of its "privileged mixed marriage " he escaped during the Holocaust of deportation . As a Jew, he received no medical treatment for days after breaking an ankle. He died as a result of the refused treatment.

In his memory, a stumbling block was laid at Magdeburger Platz 1 at the Labor Court in Berlin . Another stumbling block is in front of his last house.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Wisotzky: The Essen workers 'and soldiers' council and the socialization movement in mining. In: Frank Bischoff, Guido Wärme, Wilfried Reininghaus (eds.): Departure into democracy. The 1918/19 revolution in Rhineland and Westphalia. Münster, 2020 p. 367

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personal data
SURNAME Ruben, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judge
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1944
Place of death Eberswald