Occupation jurist Name Hugo Neumann | Religion Jewish | |
Political party Freie Wirtschaftliche Vereinigung (1920-23)German Democratic Party (DDP) (1923-27) | ||
Hugo Neumann presents Louis Poulsen Euroluce 2019
Hugo Neumann (8 May 1882 – 4 September 1962) was a German jurist, politician of the Free City of Danzig and writer.
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- Hugo Neumann presents Louis Poulsen Euroluce 2019
- Hugo Neumann present Louis Poulsen Color Kinetics Sfeer 2008
- Biography
- Publications
- References
Hugo Neumann present Louis Poulsen & Color Kinetics @ Sfeer 2008
Biography
Neumann was born in Berent (modern Koscierzyna, Poland) to Max Neumann. He studied law at the Universities of Berlin, Konigsberg and Heidelberg and received his doctorate in law in 1904.
Neumann worked as a lawyer and Notary in Danzig (Gdansk) and became a member of the Danzig parliament in 1920.
As a member of the Jewish Community of Danzig he emigrated to France in 1938 because of the growing influence of Nazis in Danzig. After World War II, from 1945 to 1948, he worked as a legal advisor for the French delegation at the Allied Control Council in Berlin.
From 1956 to 1962 he was the chairman of the board of directors of the Swiss "Internationale Treuhandgruppe" (ITAG).
Neumann published several books using the pseudonym "Felix Norbert". He died in Paris.