Michael Kerr (lawyer)

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Sir Michael Robert Emanuel Kerr PC (born March 1, 1921 in Berlin-Charlottenburg , † April 14, 2002 in London ) was a British lawyer and author of German origin. His childhood experiences while emigrating from National Socialist Germany became known to his sister Judith Kerr through the autobiographically motivated books As Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit and Waiting for Peace .

Life

Michael Kerr was the son of the theater critic Alfred Kerr and his wife Julia, nee Weismann . After the “ seizure of power ” in 1933, his mother fled with him and his sister to Switzerland and later to France and England . The father had already fled to Switzerland via Prague .

Thanks to a sponsor from his father, Michael Kerr was able to attend private schools in England. Kerr wanted to be no different from the upper class of his host and new homeland, England. During the Second World War he was interned as an enemy alien on the Isle of Man , but later flew as a pilot in the Royal Air Force . After the war, he completed his law degree at Clare College , Cambridge . Through the High Court - no judge who was not born in England had belonged to this institution since the 12th century - and the Court of Appeal his career took him to the International Arbitration Court in London . He was raised to the nobility as one of the leading lawyers in Great Britain.

In his autobiography As Far As I Remember he reports on the one hand about his family background, which the readership of Judith Kerr's books is already quite familiar with, and on the other hand about his experiences with English law. His brief, analytical language approaches that of his father in places.

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  1. ↑ Joachim Becker: At the push of a button Her Majesty , review in the FAZ , No. 195, 23 August 2005, p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Kerr, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kerr, Michael Robert Emanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British lawyer and author of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2002
Place of death London