Gerda Krüger-Nieland

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Gerda Krüger-Nieland
Personal details
Born(1910-06-22)22 June 1910
Bremen
Died21 September 2000(2000-09-21) (aged 90)
Karlsruhe

Gerda Krüger-Nieland (born June 22, 1910 in Bremen, died September 21, 2000 in Karlsruhe) was a German lawyer and first senate president at the .[1] Because of some restrictions, she wasn't allowed to work neither a judge nor a lawyer[2] and in 1945, fled to Hamburg and worked there as a lawyer and mainly as a defense lawyer. Although she had never worked as a judge before, she became a judge in 1951 at the newly established Federal Court. In 1965, she was appointed as the first woman to the Senate President of the I. Civil Senate.

References[]

  1. ^ Joachim, Bornkamm; Rolf, Danckwerts (2010). Richterpersönlichkeit: Gerda Krüger-Nieland (1910–2000). Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht.
  2. ^ Gesetz über die Zulassung der Frauen zu den Ämtern und Berufen der Rechtspflege vom 11. Juli 1922, RGBl. I S. 573f.[1]
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