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Herbert Brutus Ehrmann, 1891-1970: Lawyer, author. Member, War Labor Policies Bd., 1918-1919; director, Industrial Relations Div. U.S. Shipping Bd., 1919. Junior counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti, 1926-1927. Pres., American Jewish Committee, 1959-1961. Author: The Untried Case (1933 and 1960); The Case That Will Not Die (1969); Under This Roof (1940); The Criminal Courts of Cleveland (1921, with Reginald Haber Smith).
Ehrmann (1891-1970; A.B., 1912, LL.B., 1914) was an American dramatist and author.
- b. Louisville, Kentucky, Dec. 15, 1891.
- s. Hilmar and Ernestine (Heissman) E.
- A.B., cum laude, Harvard University, 1912; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1914.
- m. Sara Emilie Rosenfeld, May 12, 1917; children: Hilmar Bruce, Robert Lincoln.
- Admitted to the Massachusetts bar, 1915, and began practice at Boston; member of law firm Goulston & Storrs, 1921-1970.
- Board of Directors, U.S. Trust Company, Boston.
- Chairman, Women's Clothing Wage Board of Massachusetts, 1915-1919.
- Member, War Labor Policies Board, 1918-1919.
- Director, Industrial Relations Division, U.S. Shipping Board, 1919.
- Counsel (with William G. Thompson) for Sacco and Vanzetti, 1926-1927.
- President, Hale House Association, Greater Boston Federation of Neighborhood Houses, 1934-1937.
- Trustee, Massachusetts Training Schools, 1933-1937.
- Member, Massachusetts Judicial Council, 1934-1937.
- Member, Massachusetts Civil Service Commission, 1939-1945.
- Referee and panel chairman, N.W.L.B.
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association.
- Trustee of Social Law Library, Boston.
- Member, American Jewish Committee; president, 1959-1961; honorary president, 1961-1970.
- d. 1970.
- The Untried Case: Sacco and Vanzetti and the Morelli Gang,1933; new edition, 1960.
- The Case That Will Not Die: Commonwealth v. Sacco and Vanzetti,1969.
- "Sacco and Vanzetti: The Magnetic Point and the Morelli Evidence." ( Harvard Law Review,vol. 79, no.3), Jan. 1966.
- Under This Roof (play), 1940.
- (With Reginald Heber Smith) "The Criminal Courts" (Part I of the Cleveland Foundation Survey of Criminal Justice in Cleveland), 1921.
- "Felix." In Felix Frankfurter: A Tribute,ed. by Wallace Mendelson, 1964.
- "Administration of Criminal Justice" in Annals of Political Science.
- Also author of book reviews, memorials, and miscellaneous unpublished pieces, including unpublished fragments of an autobiography.
Herbert B. Ehrmann (HBE) was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1891. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and practiced law in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1917 HBE married Sara Emilie Rosenfeld. They had two sons: Hilmar Bruce and Robert Lincoln. With William G. Thompson, HBE served as associate counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti during the closing years of their trial. He wrote two books, The Untried Case and The Case that Will Not Die, about the trial and also wrote articles, an additional book, and a play, "Under this Roof," which was produced on Broadway in 1942. He also translated poetry from the Hebrew language.
He was active in civic affairs and in Jewish organizational life and in 1957 was a member of a nine-man delegation which conducted a 15,000-mile fact-finding survey in Europe, North Africa, and Israel. This delegation was granted a special audience with Pope Pius XII, and was the only Jewish group to be awarded such an honor. The delegation also met with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and other Israeli officials, and with government leaders in France, Italy, Tunisia, and Morocco. HBE was elected president of the American Jewish Committee in April 1959 and served in that capacity until 1961. He died in 1970. 1
- Footnotes
- 1"Biographical Sketch: Herbert B. Ehrmann, President, American Jewish Committee," 1959, P-94, Herbert B. Ehrmann Papers, American Jewish Historical Society
- 2"The Tragedy of the S.S. St. Louis," The Jewish Virtual Library, http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/stlouis.html
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