Alexander Bachur law office 621-1/82 Alexander Bachur

Identifier
irn671042
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2019.86.1
  • RG-14.121
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn671042

Extent and Medium

1,040 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

  • Alexander Bachur

Biographical History

Dr. Alexander Georg Bachur, a German Jewish lawyer, was born on September 7, 1883 in Hamburg. Already since 1935, citizens of Jewish origin were no longer allowed to be represented by so-called "German-Aryan" lawyers due to a decree of the "German Legal Front." According to the 5th Ordinance on the Reich Citizenship Law of 27 September 1938, all Jewish lawyers admitted to German courts now had to leave the bar by November 30, 1938. This corresponded to a long-standing demand of the "Reichsgruppe Rechtsanwälte des Nationalsozialistischen Rechtswahrerbundes (NSRB)." In the Old Reich, 1,753 lawyers were affected; In Hamburg at that time there were still 67 Jewish lawyers admitted by the Higher Regional Court. On January 31, 1939, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg initially allowed only seven of the total of 19 employees as consultants for the state district of Hamburg - following a ten-day prior authorization by the Reich Minister of Justice. Dr. Bachur's application for admission as a legal advisor was initially rejected. In September 1939, however, he entered the aftermath of the emigrated Dr. Wulff and continued its business in the offices in Humburg on the Schauenburgerstraße 14. Dr. Bachur was deported to Łódź ghetto on October 25, 1941, where he died on October 9, 1942.

Archival History

Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)

Acquisition

Records originate from the Hamburg State Archive (Staatsarchiv Hamburg). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archival Programs Division received the digitized microfilms in February 2019 from Yad Vashem, Israel, via exchange.

Scope and Content

Office records of the Jewish lawyer, Dr. Alexander Bachur. Contains only client files.

System of Arrangement

Note: The Higher Regional Court confiscated the files of the deported or emigrated Jewish legal advisers. The records, which were handed down to the State Archives in 1986, were badly affected by improper storage and, for that reasons cannot be reconstructed, and are often incomplete. Three files of Bachur's records were re-delivered on 19.02.1987.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Staatsarchiv Hamburg (Germany)

People

  • Bachur, Alexander, Georg, 1883-1941.

Subjects

  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
  • Germany--Politics and government--20th century.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
  • Jewish lawyers--Germany--Hamburg--History--20th century.
  • Germany--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
  • Hamburg (Germany)--Ethnic relations.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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