This essay summarizes the themes in the life and work of the German jurist and legal reformer Fritz Bauer (1903–1968), who was interned in a concentration camp as a Social Democrat by the Nazis in 1933 and survived in exile after being released. In 1949 Bauer returned to Germany, where he worked for denazification, provided the Israelis with key information on Adolf Eichmann’s whereabouts, and initiated the trial of the Auschwitz murderers.
Keywords:
Survivors’ story, Resistance against National Socialism, Auschwitz trial, Failure of denazification, Germany.
Wojak, D. I. (2015). Fritz Bauer (1903-1968). Lawyer for the sense of freedom. Cuadernos Judaicos, (32), Pág. 302–318. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8749.2015.38101
