Max Hirschberg was a German Jewish Weimar era anti-Nazi criminal defense lawyer

Criminal defense lawyer

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 and scholar.

Hirschberg confronted in court directly Adolf Hitler

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; he was imprisoned, but released because of his conduct during World War I

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 and allowed to practice law even after the 1933 Nazi election.

In 1934, he emigrated from Germany to Italy, and later to New York

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Hirschberg wrote mainly about miscarriages of justice.

He was also a friend of Philipp Löwenfeld.

by himself

• (1998) Jude und Demokrat: Erinnerungen eines Münchener Rechtsanwalts, 1883 bis 1939 (Biographische Quellen zur Zeitgeschichte) (Publisher:) R. Oldenbourg. ISBN 9783486563672
• (1941) "Pathology of Criminal Justice. Innocent Convicted in Three Murder Cases". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951), Vol.31, No.5 (Jan. - Feb., 1941), pp. 536-550.
• (1940-1941) "Wrongful Convictions". 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review, 1940-1941, pp.20-46.
• (1940) "Convicting the Innocent". 13 Rocky Mountain Law Review 20, December 1940. ("Cites 26 cases of wrongful conviction, 2 in the United States and 24 in Europe, primarily in Germany." (very short review by Hans Sherrer, 2000))

by others

• Douglas G. Morris. Justice Imperiled: The Anti-Nazi Lawyer Max Hirschberg in Weimar Germany (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany). University of Michigan Press
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  , 2005. ISBN 9780472114764 (book review by Timothy McAllister)