Rudolf Zipkes
Rudolf Gabriel Zipkes (born April 28, 1911 in Zurich ; † April 3, 2013 ) was a Swiss lawyer and writer .
Life
From 1921 Rudolf Zipkes and his brother Ernst attended the Grunewald-Gymnasium in Berlin and passed their Abitur there in 1930 . The father, a Swiss citizen , worked as a chief engineer at a Berlin company. After high school studied Zipkes first two semesters at the University of Berlin , then returned but back to Zurich and graduated in 1931, the infantry - recruit training in the Swiss army . He continued his law studies at the University of Zurich and graduated with a doctorate in 1934 . He became an auditor and trainee at the Zurich District Court . In 1938 he passed the bar exam . In 1947 Zipkes was appointed senior court secretary of the canton of Zurich and in 1973 finally senior court clerk . In 1976 he retired.
In addition to his profession as a lawyer, he was also the President of the Complaints Commission of the Swiss Film Theater Association , today's Procinema , and as a board member of the Jewish Association in Zurich . In 1949/50 he was also President of the Archives for Jewish History and Art .
As a writer, Zipkes has gained recognition for his writings on Judaism . He was also active in drawing.
Zipkes was married from 1962 until his wife's death in 2003.
Works
- The provisional care before paternalism (Art. 386 ZGB) and the problem of alternative forms for incapacitation. Gutenberg Verlag, Lachen 1935 (dissertation from the University of Zurich 1934)
- Jewish self-criticism. On the essence and politics of the Jewish people. Buchdruckerei-AG, Zurich 1941
- Is God's space in God's people? Verlag Die Gestaltung, Zurich 1945
- From the diaries of Rudolf Zipkes. In: Hermann Levin Goldschmidt : Dialogic again. ETH Dialogik Foundation, Zurich 1990
- Life and work of the singer Adele Zipkes-Bloch, October 6, 1885–16. October 1918 , self-published by R. Zipkes, Zurich 1996
- Alex Sadkowsky: Frauenleben 1 - with essays by Joachim Hoefele, Volker Schunck, Rudolf Zipkes. ABC Verlag, Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-85504-101-6
- Living life, being a Jew in a cosmopolitan time. Orell Füssli, Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-280-06055-1 , ( autobiography )
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Zipkes in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography and writing (Archive for Contemporary History of the ETH Zurich)
- History of the Eichkampf settlement association with photos and watercolors by Rudolf Zipkes
- Plea for self-criticism. An autobiography by Rudolf G. Zipkes. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from July 18, 2005
- Andreas Honegger: lawyer and publicist. On the death of Rudolf Zipkes. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from April 25, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ memorial of the family in the Neue Zurcher Zeitung of April 4, 2013, p.16
- ↑ Larissa Münch: "Life consists of reading, writing, friendship and cooking" ( Memento from April 5, 2013 on WebCite ), portrait on the 100th birthday, Zürcher Rotkreuz-Zeitung, 3/2011 (July 2011), p. 3 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zipkes, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zipkes, Rudolf G .; Zipkes, Rudolf Gabriel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 2013 |