Wunderlich, Georg Martin, 1883-1951

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)