Hans-Heinrich Jescheck
Appearance
Hans-Heinrich Jescheck Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. | |
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Born | 10 January 1915 |
Died | 27 September 2009 | (aged 94)
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Academic career | |
Institutions | University of Freiburg Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law |
Main interests | Jurisprudence |
Hans-Heinrich Jescheck (10 January 1915 – 27 September 2009) was German professor of law at the University of Freiburg (1954–1980). He was also director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (until 1982). He was rector of the University of Freiburg from 1964 to 1965.
In Nazi Germany, he was an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 March 1945 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 118[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 201.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Legnica
- Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by France
- Jurists from Baden-Württemberg
- Academic staff of the University of Freiburg
- German Army officers of World War II
- Max Planck Institute directors