Eugene Kolb

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Eugen Hermann Hans Kolb (born October 22, 1879 in Besigheim , † April 10, 1954 in Stuttgart ) was a German judge .

Life

The son of a Protestant postal inspector passed the first state examination (I b) in 1904 and the second in 1907 (I b). He became an assessor in the same year. In 1911 he became a local judge at the Heilbronn District Court , and in 1913 at the Stuttgart- City District Court . During the First World War he held the rank of lieutenant in the Landwehr. In 1921 he was appointed District Court Director at Heilbronn District Court. From there he came to the bench of the Imperial Court1926. This career continued seamlessly during the regime, when he was appointed Senate President at the Reichsgericht. The peak of his career was reached with the vice presidency of the Reichsgericht on April 1, 1942. In May 1945, Kolb, as the highest representative of the Reichsgericht after Erwin Bumke's suicide , declared that the administration of justice had come to a standstill. With the withdrawal of US troops from Leipzig in June 1945, he fled to Württemberg because of a warning and out of consideration for his family from the Soviets. In September 1945 he was arrested in Besigheim and imprisoned for one year in internment camp 76 Hohenasperg near Ludwigsburg . After denazification , Kolb became a legal assistant in the Württemberg Ministry of Justice. He left in 1951.

Party affiliation

  • November 1933 member of the National Socialist German Front Fighter Association ( Stahlhelm ) until dissolution .
  • May 1, 1937 Member of the NSDAP No. 5,823,887

Honors

  • April 20, 1938 Silver Medal of Honor
  • January 26, 1941 Golden Loyalty Service Medal
  • September 20, 1943 War Merit Cross II. Kl.
  • September 27, 1944 War Merit Cross I. Kl.
  • 1953: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

  • Friedrich Karl Kaul , History of the Reichsgericht, Volume IV (1933–1945), East Berlin 1971.
  • Jan Thiessen: "Transfer of GmbH law in the 20th century", in: Vanessa Duss et al. (Ed.): "Legal transfer in history", Munich 2006, p. 465.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spruchkammer proceedings files of Eugen Kolb in the State Archives Ludwigsburg : holdings EL 902/15 (Spruchkammer 30 - Ludwigsburg: proceedings files) Bü 12443 .
  2. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg , Department Main State Archive Stuttgart : Holdings EA 4/150 (Ministry of Justice: Personnel files "Alt-Württemberg") Bü 653 .
personal data
SURNAME Kolb, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kolb, Eugen Hermann Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, Reich judge
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Besigheim
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1954
Place of death Stuttgart