Hans-Heinrich Jescheck Explained

Honorific Suffix:Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult.
Hans-Heinrich Jescheck
Birth Date:10 January 1915
Birth Place:Liegnitz
Death Place:Freiburg im Breisgau
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Main Interests:Jurisprudence

Hans-Heinrich Jescheck (10 January 1915 – 27 September 2009) was German professor of law at the University of Freiburg (1954–1980). He was also director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (until 1982). He was rector of the University of Freiburg from 1964 to 1965.

In Nazi Germany, he was an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

References

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Notes and References

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 201.