Friedrich Julius Litten (22 February 1873 – February 1940) was a German

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and a

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teacher. His father was Joseph Litten, the president of the Jewish community in

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from 1899 to 1906. He married

Irmgard Litten Irmgard Litten, née Wust, (August 30, 1879 – June 30, 1953) was a German writer. Career Her husband was Friedrich Litten, a German jurist. She was the mother of Hans Litten. Her account of her son's persecution and torture under the Nazi regi ...

from an established Lutheran family in Swabia, the daughter of Albert Wüst, a professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. Fritz was born and raised Jewish, but converted to Lutheranism in order to further his career as a law professor. He was a nationalist conservative, and served in the army in

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, earning the

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, 1st and 2nd Class. He opposed the postwar

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. A distinguished

and professor of

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and civil law, he was

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's law school, later becoming rector of that institution.Cord Brügmann
''Unvergessener Anwalt''
(PDF) Deutscher Anwaltverein, Deutscher Anwaltverlag (February 1998) pp. 75-81 He was also an adviser to the Prussian government. Litten and his wife,

Irmgard Irmgard is a feminine German given name. Notable people with the name include: * Irmgard of Berg (fl. 12th century), German noble, daughter of Adolf VI, Count of Berg * Irmgard of Chiemsee (c. 831/833 – 16 July 866) * Irmgard of Cleves (c. 1307 ...

, were the parents of

Hans Litten Hans Achim Litten (19 June 1903 – 5 February 1938) was a German lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazi Party, Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of workers during the Weimar Republic. During o ...

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Friedrich Litten biography

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