Paul Asten
Paul Asten , until 1918 Paul Abraham (born July 10, 1861 in Hamburg , † July 24, 1925 in Pontresina ) was a German judge .
Life
Asten was a son of the Hamburg merchant Heinrich Abraham and his wife Johanna. He changed his last name in March 1918.
He graduated from the Johanneum School of Academics in 1880 and then studied in Leipzig , Heidelberg , Berlin and Greifswald . In 1891 he was appointed magistrate. He was promoted to regional judge in 1900 and to higher regional judge in 1906. On November 19, 1918, he was assigned to two senates at the Reichsgericht, the 2nd and the 5th civil senate . He left the latter a month and a half later at the beginning of the year. He belonged to II until his death in 1925.
His widow Charlotte, whom he married in 1899, is mentioned by Viktor Klemperer as an "embarrassing Reichsgericht (councilor) widow Asten".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carola von Paczensky : RICHARD ABRAHAM * 1871. In: Stolpersteine in Hamburg. July 2015, accessed August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Paul Abraham: About the entry of the commission agent as a self-contractor according to Art. 376, 377 of the Commercial Code . Dissertation University of Greifswald. 1884 ( facsimile ).
- ↑ Victor Klemperer: “Collecting life, not asking why and why”, Diaries 1918–1932, Volume 1, Berlin 1996, p. 513.
literature
- Adolf Lobe : "Fifty Years of the Reich Court on October 1, 1929", Berlin 1929, p. 382.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asten, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abraham, Paul (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Imperial Judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1925 |
| Place of death | Pontresina |