Polish-German jurist and politician (born 1874)

Erwin Bumke

Erwin Konrad Eduard Bumke was the last president of the Reichsgericht, the supreme civil and criminal court of the German Reich, serving from 1929 to 1945. As such, according to the Weimar Constitution, he should have become acting President of Germany upon the death of Paul von Hindenburg in August 1934, and thus the acting Head of State of Nazi Germany. The Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich, passed by the Hitler cabinet, unconstitutionally prevented that by combining the presidency with the chancellorship, making Adolf Hitler the undisputed ruler of Germany. Following the Nazi takeover, Bumke extensively cooperated with the Party in establishing a Verbrecherstaat.

Born

1874

July 7

Died

1945

Era

1870s

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Erwin, in brief

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1945 Died

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The world in 1945

When Erwin departed

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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Also born in 1874

Herbert Hoover 1874–1964 American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964) Arnold Schoenberg 1874–1951 Austrian-American composer and painter (born 1874) Charles A. Beard 1874– American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School (died 1948) Ernest Shackleton 1874–1922 Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (died 1922) Gustav Holst 1874–1934 English trombonist, composer, and educator (born 1874) Honus Wagner 1874–1955 American baseball player and manager (born 1874) J. S. Woodsworth 1874– Canadian minister and politician (died 1942) Konstantin Päts 1874–1956 Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (died 1956) Lou Henry Hoover 1874– American philanthropist and geologist, 33rd First Lady of the United States (died 1944)

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