Walter Simons
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Walter Simons was a German lawyer and politician. He was Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic in 1920-21 and served as president of the Reichsgericht from 1922 to 1929.
Walter Simons in 1931
Reichsgericht
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The Reichsgericht was the supreme criminal and civil court in the German Reich from 1879 to 1945. It was based in Leipzig, Germany. The Supreme Court was established when the Reichsjustizgesetze came into effect and it built a widely regarded body of jurisprudence during the period of the German Empire and Weimar Republic.
The Reichsgericht building in Leipzig
Image: Eduard von Simson by Fritz Paulsen
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