Richard Jaeger

Richard Jaeger (16 February 1913^[1] – 15 May 1998^[2]) was a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Under Ludwig Erhard's second ministry, he was Minister of Justice (26 October 1965 – 1 December 1966)

From 1933, Jaeger was a member of Hitler's paramilitary organization, the Sturmabteilung (SA),^[3] and was a member of the Wehrmacht from 1939-1945.^[4] From 1949 to 1980 Jaeger was a member of German Bundestag.^[5] He prominently supported the reintroduction of the death penalty in the 1960s, despite in the 1950s rallying against it and advocating for pardoning Nazi war criminals sentenced to death.^[6] From 1972 to 1974, Jaeger was President of the European Documentation and Information Centre (CEDI).^{[citation needed]}

He was also President of the German Atlantic Society from 1957-90 and Head of the German Delegation to the UNCHR from 1984-90.^[7] He was married and had six children.

References

^ "Richard Jaeger Jaeger". CSU Geschichte (in German). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "Richard Jaeger". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ Beste, Ralf; Bönisch, Georg; Darnstaedt, Thomas; Friedmann, Jan; Fröhlingsdorf, Michael; Wiegrefe, Klaus (6 March 2012). "From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Role Ex-Nazis Played in Early West Germany". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ Schumacher, Martin. Die Volksvertretung 1946–1972 (PDF). Kommission für Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien. p. 555. ISBN 978-3-00-020703-7.
^ Childs, David (8 June 1998). "Obituary: Richard Jaeger". The Independent. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "Wie die Stadt Landsberg 1951 gegen Juden wetterte". Die Zeit (in German). 27 January 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
^ "Jaeger, Dr. Richard". kabinettsprotokolle.bundesarchiv.de. Retrieved 14 December 2024.