Max Alsberg (16 October 1877 – 11 September 1933) was a famous criminal lawyer of the

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. Alsberg worked primarily as a

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; he defended

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in 1920 and

Carl von Ossietzky Carl von Ossietzky (; 3 October 1889 – 4 May 1938) was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German re-armament. As editor-in-chief of the magazine '' ...

in 1931. He also wrote plays (''Voruntersuchung'' in 1927, and ''Konflikt''). His best known contribution to legal science is the handbook ''Der Beweisantrag im Strafprozess''. Max Alsberg committed suicide by gunshot on 11 September 1933.Stephen Youngkin, ''The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre''
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