Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1883 | Born, East Prussia |
| 1892-1901 | Attended Kőllnisches Gymnasium, Berlin, Germany |
| 1901-1902 | Attended law school, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| 1902 | Attended Freiburg University, Baden, Germany |
| 1902-1904 | Attended University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| 1904 | Passed first legal examination of state |
| 1905 | Law degree, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| 1906 | Doctor of laws degree, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany |
| 1909 | Passed second legal examination of state |
| 1909-1910 | On leave to study the English language and common and international law, London, England |
| 1910-1912 | Represented the firm Daniel de Pass & Co. (London, England) in Lűderitzbucht (now Lűderitz) in Southwest Africa (then a German colony), whose title to the Pomona diamond mine was contested |
| 1912 | Began practice of law, Berlin, Germany |
| 1914 | Appointed Kriegsgerichtsrat (military judge advocate) with rank of captain |
| 1914-1917 | Military judge investigating and trying cases against soldiers and Belgians in Belgium |
| 1917-1918 | Military judge of appeal in Turkey |
| 1918 | Imperial Attorney, Brussels, Belgium |
| 1918-1936 | Returned to practice of law, Berlin, Germany |
| 1919-1920 | German legal member of the South African-English-American-German Commission at the Hague and Amsterdam charged with adjusting the interests in the German-Southwest African Diamond Mines in conformity with the Versailles Treaty, resulting in the establishment of the Consolidated Diamond Mines of Southwest Africa |
| 1920 | Became a notary, Berlin, Germany |
| 1936 | Disbarred because of being a Jew Emigrated to the United States |
| 1938? | Appointed lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| circa 1941-1945 | Special counsel to the State Department |
| 1951 | Died |