Adolf Moritz Steinschneider
Adolf Moritz Steinschneider identifies a Frankfurt spot connected with a Jewish lawyer and political activist. He was born in Berlin on 20 June 1894.
His studies in law and economics took place in Berlin and Munich before his legal career developed. After involvement in the Spartacist uprising, he was imprisoned.
By 1926, Steinschneider had established a law practice in Frankfurt, defending leftist political figures and causes. He helped found Rote Hilfe and the German League for Human Rights.
After the Reichstag fire, he fled Germany with his brothers, first reaching Switzerland and later France. France became his setting for political and social work among German émigrés in Paris.
Vichy authorities interned him during the Second World War, though they released him in 1942. He later spent his final years in Bellac, France.
On 11 June 1944, SS troops captured and murdered him. This wheelchair-accessible spot connects Frankfurt with a life shaped by law, exile, human rights, and opposition to National Socialism.
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