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Hermann Friedmann

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Adolph Hermann Friedmann (11 April 1873, Białystok – 25 May 1957, Heidelberg) was a German philosopher and jurist, Finnish citizen from 1906. In Finland Friedmann became known to the general public as a lawyer. His most famous case was a murder committed in 1927 in Turku. Friedmann defended the head of the University Library of Åbo Akademi and his wife in a murder trial, which was extensively reported in the newspapers around Europe.[1]

Literary works

  • Die Welt der Formen. System eines morphologischen Idealismus, Gebr. Paetel, Berlin 1925, C. H. Beck, München 1930
  • Wissenschaft und Symbol. Aufriss einer symbolnahen Wissenschaft, Biederstein C. H. Beck), München 1949
  • Sinnvolle Odysee. Geschichte eines Lebens und einer Zeit (1873–1950), C. H. Beck, München 1950

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