Peter Noll

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Peter Noll (born May 18, 1926 in Basel ; † October 9, 1982 in Zurich ) was a Swiss lawyer.

His father was a Protestant pastor and he had six siblings. He attended the humanistic grammar school in Basel. After graduating from high school, he studied law. After internships at the Arlesheim District Court and the Liestal Supreme Court, he became a private lecturer at the University of Basel in 1955 , a professor in Mainz in 1961, and in 1969 was appointed professor of criminal law at the University of Zurich .

In addition to his numerous legal publications, Noll was best known for two books:

First, through the satirical book Der kleine Machiavelli , published in 1987 . Handbook of Power for Everyday Use , an entertaining book written together with his friend Hans Rudolf Bachmann (1930–1989) about the rules of the career game that one must observe in order to survive as a manager in a company. The focus is on the manager type, a climber of the modern age, who can use any means, if it only serves his own career. The title refers to Niccolò Machiavelli and the content of his work Il principe from 1513, in which he described the rules of the power game.

The second book is Diktate über Dying and Death , which was published in 1984 by his friend Max Frisch . In December 1981, Noll learned that he had bladder cancer . He refused a possibly life-prolonging operation and in the remaining time from December 28, 1981 to September 30, 1982 he kept his diary, in which he not only considered the reality of the dying process, but as a lawyer he also developed considerations that the role of the Individual in modern industrial society, exemplarily condensed in their own life experiences, viewed critically. In the "Dictations" he describes how his friend Armin Mohler arranged for him to meet Ernst Jünger, whom he admired, during his student days, but which ended in mutual disappointment.

In 2010, Max Frisch's drafts for a third diary appeared posthumously , which contain a haunting description of Noll's death from the perspective of his friend. He found his final resting place in the Enzenbühl cemetery . It has now been lifted.

Publications (selection)

  • Traitor. 17 CVs and death sentences 1942–1944 , Verlag Huber Frauenfeld / Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-7193-0681-X .

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SURNAME Noll, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1982
Place of death Zurich