Robert Kempner
| Robert Kempner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Max Wasilii Kempner October 17, 1899 Freiburg, Germany |
| Died | August 15, 1993 (aged 93) Königstein im Taunus, Germany |
| Alma mater |
University of Berlin University of Breslau University of Freiburg |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Served as assistant U.S. chief counsel during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Kempner |
| Children | Lucian Kempner Andre Kempner |
Robert Kempner (October 17, 1899 – August 15, 1993) was a German lawyer who played a prominent role during the Weimar Republic and who later served as assistant U.S. chief counsel during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Kempner studied law at the University of Freiburg and served as a public prosecutor in Berlin during the 1920s. In 1928 he was appointed chief legal adviser in the Prussian Ministry of the Interior. In this role he sought to prosecute Adolf Hitler for high treason and to ban the Nazi Party.
After the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933, Kempner was dismissed from the ministry, had his citizenship revoked and was expelled from Germany in 1935. He settled in Italy, where he taught law, and moved to the United States in 1939. In the United States he became an adviser to the government, and he returned to his native country to take part in the Nuremberg trials in 1945. After the trials he remained in Germany, where he practised as a lawyer in Frankfurt from 1951. He died in Königstein im Taunus.
Robert Max Wasilii Kempner was born in Freiburg, Germany, on October 17, 1899. He was the son of Walter Kempner and Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner, who were both microbiologists and regarded as one of the prominent scientist couples of their time. His mother was the second woman to become a professor in Prussia.
He studied law, political science and other subjects at the universities of Berlin, Breslau and Freiburg. He became the senior legal adviser to the Prussian police and an opponent of Nazism. He left Germany after Hitler came to power and settled in the United States, where he did research on European dictatorships at the University of Pennsylvania and was a consultant to the Department of Justice and other government agencies.
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