Otto von Lüdinghausen
Otto Wilhelm Freiherr von Lüdinghausen-Wolff (born November 14, 1881 ; † unknown) was a German lawyer. He was best known as a defense attorney in the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals .
Life and activity
Lüdinghausen was a son of Otto von Lüdinghausen and his wife Anna, geb. Castles. After attending school, Lüdinghausen studied law . He received his doctorate in Leipzig in 1906.
From 1945 to 1946 Lüdinghausen served as the defender of the former Reich Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath in the Nuremberg trials against the main war criminals. Norman JW Goda describes Lüdinghausen's defense as "unimaginative". It essentially limited itself to the submission of character certificates in favor of his client, without going into the charges against which he was charged. In a "monotonous, almost lazy" way, Lüdinghausen based his efforts to relieve Neurath on the argument that Neurath's foreign policy up to 1938 and the war itself were triggered by the injustices of the Versailles Treaty of 1919. The Stuttgart bishop Theophil Wurm , a compatriot Neurath, later said that Lüdinghausen was not up to the task in Nuremberg, which is why the alleged misjudgment against Neurath had come about.
Fonts
- The pledging of usufruct under Roman law and the civil code , 1906. (Dissertation)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norman JW Goda: Cold War for Speer and Hess. History of the Prisoners of Spandau , p. 128.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lüdinghausen, Otto von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lüdinghausen-Wolff, Otto Wilhelm Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1881 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |