Robert Fritz

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Robert Adam Fritz (born July 23, 1890 in Frankfurt am Main ; † August 1983 ibid) was a German lawyer. In 1945 he was briefly Minister of Justice of Hesse .

Life

Robert Fritz was born as one of four sons of Johann Heinrich Fritz and his wife Magdalena, nee Schmitt. After studying law in 1929, Robert Fritz, who holds a doctorate in law, took over the management of the judicial press office at the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court . In 1934 he was appointed district court director in Hanau. At his own request, however, he was initially on leave and worked as a consultant for the metal company. He became a board member of the Metallgesellschaft and also of the German Association for the Promotion of Economic Relations with France (DEFRA).

On October 14, 1945, Robert Fritz was appointed by the American military government as an independent Minister of Justice in the Geiler cabinet . On November 1, 1945 he had to resign from office and was replaced by Georg-August Zinn ( SPD ). From 1958 he was a board member of the metal company.

Publications

  • From American legal life, Berlin, 1930.
  • Legal puns, Frankfurt am Main, 1972.

literature

  • Johannes Hürter (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. 5. T - Z, supplements. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 5: Bernd Isphording, Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-506-71844-0 , p. 441 f.

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supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b c According to the registration card at the Frankfurt Institute for Urban History from Johann Heinrich Fritz, his father was born on November 29, 1860 in Bornheim and died on December 20, 1927 in Frankfurt. His wife Magdalena Fritz was born as Magdalena Schmitt on September 11, 1862. The date of her death is unknown. Robert Fritz does not have his own registration card. His biographical data are on his father's card.
  2. ↑ Andreas Hedwig, Jutta Scholl-Seibert: The Cabinet Protocols of the Hessian State Government: Cabinet Geiler 1945–1946, Historical Commission for Nassau, February 2000.
  3. ↑ Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who ?: the German Who's Who - 12th edition of Degener's Who is it? - Berlin: Arani, 1955.
personal data
SURNAME Fritz, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fritz, Robert Adam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH August 1983
Place of death Frankfurt am Main