Friedrich Oppler
Friedrich Oppler (born July 2, 1888 in Opole ; † September 6, 1966 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer and author.
Life
Oppler studied law at the University of Rostock and doctorate to Dr. jur. As a Jew, he was removed from the judicial service as district court director in 1934 with the means of the law for the restoration of the professional civil service. In 1938 he was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for two months .
Together with his wife Ilse (* 1902), who was married in 1936 and who converted to Christianity, Edwin Maria Landau's sister , he managed to emigrate to Brazil via the Soviet Union in August 1940 . His father-in-law died in 1941, his mother-in-law Julie Landau decided to commit suicide in Berlin in view of the impending deportation on 7 July 1942 . Oppler worked in exile organizations in Brazil, wrote political magazine articles and a book that initially appeared in Portuguese translation.
Oppler was only able to return to Germany in 1952 and was still director of the higher regional court and chairman of a reparation chamber in West Berlin . In 1966 he published his “Reflections on the German-Jewish Problem”, which was sharply criticized as politically naive.
Works
- The notice of conveyance in the foreclosure auction, especially in the distribution procedure. Noske, Borna-Leipzig 1911 (Rostock, Jur. Diss. Of 30 Nov. 1911, Ref. Wachenfeld.).
- Punishment of prisoners of war for crimes committed prior to their capture. , Journal for the entire field of criminal law . Volume 37, Issue 1 1916
- with Reginaldo Sant'Anna, Os Judeus eo Mundo de Hoje . Livraria Agir Editôra, Rio de Janeiro 1946
- The Jewish Question and the World Today , Rio de Janeiro, Livraria Agir Editora, 1948.
- The wrong taboo. Reflections on the German-Jewish problem . Seewald, Stuttgart 1966
literature
- Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler : The exile literature and the exile of the German-speaking writers and publicists in Brazil . Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1992 ISBN 3-631-45160-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Oppler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Friedrich Oppler in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography with Izabela Maria Furtado Kestler books.google.de (Portuguese)
- Portrait of the Edwin Landau family at Mahnmal-Koblenz
References and comments
- ↑ Hermann Lewy: Confused feelings. An unsuitable attempt to combat anti-Semitism . In: Die Zeit , No. 40/1966
- ↑ on Reginaldo Sant'Anna see Portuguese-language Wikipedia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oppler, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opole |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1966 |
| Place of death | Berlin |