Wunderlich, Georg Martin, 1883-1951

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1883
Death 1951
Gender:
Male
English, German,

Biographical notes:

International lawyer, professor of law, and consultant to the U.S. Dept of State.

From the description of Georg Martin Wunderlich papers, 1897-1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80222836

Biographical Note

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

From the guide to the Georg Martin Wunderlich Papers, 1897-1951, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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