Erwin Bumke
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Erwin Bumke | |
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President of the Reichsgericht | |
In office 1 April 1929 – 20 April 1945 | |
Preceded by | Walter Simons |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke 7 July 1874 |
Died | 20 April 1945 Leipzig, Allied-occupied Germany | (aged 70)
Cause of death | Suicide |
Political party | Nazi Party (from 1937) |
Other political affiliations | German National People's Party (until 1933) |
Spouse |
Eva von Merkatz (m. 1907) |
Relations | |
Profession | Judge |
Awards | Golden Party Badge |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() |
Rank | Hauptmann |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke (7 July 1874 – 20 April 1945) was the last president of the
Life
Born in the small town of Stolp (today, Słupsk, Poland) in the Prussian Province of Pomerania, he had a family that was middle class. His father was a doctor and his mother a factory owner's daughter. His brother Oswald Bumke (1877–1950) became a noted psychiatrist.
After studying law in
After the war, Bumke joined the German National People's Party (DNVP). He quickly rose to the head of Department II in the newly established Ministry of Justice, which was concerned with criminal law. He prepared, among other things, the Reichstag drafts for a new Strafgesetzbuch penal code in 1927, which never saw the light of day. In 1930, Bumke became president of the International Criminal Law and Prison Commission.
Upon the resignation of
However, by 1934, Hitler saw this arrangement as a threat. He was well aware that the president's power to dismiss him was now the only check on his power. With the passage of the Enabling Act and the Nazi Party being declared the only legally permitted party, there was no other remedy by which he could be legally removed from office. Accordingly, when he learned that Hindenburg would likely be dead before the year was out, he began a concerted effort to make himself Hindenburg's successor. This culminated in the passage of the
Along with several of his DNVP colleagues, such as Minister of Justice
During the last days of World War II, on 20 April 1945 (Hitler's birthday), two days after
Works
- Hat die erfüllte Resolutivbedingung dingliche Kraft?, Greifswald dissertation 1896
- Deutsches Gefängniswesen. Ein Handbuch, Berlin 1928.
- Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz und Strafprozeßordnung. Mit Nebengesetzen in der vom 13. Januar 1927 geltenden Fassung; Textausgabe mit einer Einführung in die Vorschriften der Novelle vom 27. Dezember 1926, Berlin 1927.
- Zwei Entscheidungen zu Art. 48 der Reichsverfassung, Berlin 1932.
Further reading
- Kolbe, Dieter (1975). Reichsgerichtspraesident Dr. Erwin Bumke. Studien zum Niedergang des Reichsgerichts und der deutschen Rechtspflege. Karlsruhe. ISBN 3-8114-0026-6.)
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