Oscar Adolf Germann

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Oscar Adolf Germann (born August 19, 1889 in Frauenfeld , † December 1, 1979 in Bottmingen , reformed , resident in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss lawyer and officer .

Life

Oscar Adolf Germann was born on August 19, 1891 in Frauenfeld as the son of the liberal politician Adolf Germann . After attending the canton school in Frauenfeld, Germann began studying law in Germany and Austria , which he completed in 1914 at the University of Zurich with the academic degree of Dr. iur graduated.

As a result, Germann was employed as an expert in the Federal Department of Economic Affairs from 1918 . In addition, Germann taught as a private lecturer from 1920 , from 1928 as an associate professor for labor law at the University of Bern and from 1930 to 1960 as a full professor for criminal law at the University of Basel . In addition, Germann was editor of the Swiss Journal for Criminal Law between 1952 and 1961 .

Oscar Adolf Germann promoted the dogmatic implementation of the 1937 StGB in terms of criminal law. In particular, he developed a subjective doctrine of crime , which the Federal Supreme Court also followed. Germann was awarded a total of three honorary doctorates .

Oscar Adolf Germann was married to Elisabeth, the daughter of the lawyer Carl Martin. Father of Georg Germann . He died on December 1, 1979, three months after he had turned 90 in Bottmingen.

Military career

Oscar Adolf Germann served as a general staff officer in the Swiss army from 1923 . In 1936 he drafted the Federal Council's message for the military loan . A year later, Germann was appointed Chief of Staff of the 2nd Army Corps. Between 1939 and 1940 Germann worked as an employee and at times head of the operations section in the army staff. In this function, Germann prepared the deployment plans for the north and west, studies for possible cooperation with the French army or the German armed forces and the plan for a retreat to the Wigger position. In 1940 Germann also spoke out in favor of the first deployment of the army in an Alpine reduit . Most recently he served as chief of staff of the 4th Army Corps from 1941 to 1944.

Works (selection)

  • On the reason and criminal liability of the attempt, Diss., 1914.
  • The crime in the new criminal law, 1942.
  • Problems and Methods in Finding Law, 1967.

literature

  • Swiss Journal for Criminal Law 96, 1979, pp. 113–115; 97, 1980, p. 98 f.
  • General Staff 8, p. 137 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Germann, Oscar Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer and officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Frauenfeld
DATE OF DEATH 1st December 1979
Place of death Bottmingen