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Hans Litten

1903 - 1938

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Hans Achim Litten (19 June 1903 – 5 February 1938) was a German lawyer who represented opponents of the Nazis at important political trials between 1929 and 1932, defending the rights of workers during the Weimar Republic. During one trial in 1931, Litten subpoenaed Adolf Hitler to appear as a witness, and cross-examined him for three hours. Hitler was so rattled by the experience that, years later, he would not allow Litten's name to be mentioned in his presence. In retaliation, Litten was arrested on the night of the Reichstag fire along with other progressive lawyers and leftists. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Litten is the 57th most popular lawyer (down from 36th in 2019), the 3,186th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,395th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Hans Litten ranks 57 out of 136Before him are James B. Donovan, Jean Domat, Alfenus Varus, Heinrich Marx, Hans von Dohnanyi, and Peter Yorck von Wartenburg. After him are Radhabinod Pal, Robert Bilott, William J. Brennan Jr., Alan Dershowitz, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, and Henry de Bracton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Hans Litten ranks 158Before him are Maria Giuseppa Robucci, K. Kamaraj, André Maschinot, Fumiko Hayashi, Rafael Paasio, and Matvey Blanter. After him are Issa Pliyev, Candido Portinari, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Vincent Richards, Rensis Likert, and Bix Beiderbecke. Among people deceased in 1938, Hans Litten ranks 115Before him are Prince Arthur of Connaught, Boris Pilnyak, Kaarlo Castrén, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, Rudolf Stammler, and Aleksandar Malinov. After him are Gösta Ekman, Pavel Dybenko, Ernest William Brown, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Ramón Franco, and Prince Johann Georg of Saxony.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Litten ranks 3,188 out of 7,253Before him are Fritz Bleyl (1880), Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834), Princess Marie of Baden (1834), William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1651), Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801), and Anita Berber (1899). After him are Leonor Michaelis (1875), Marta Hillers (1911), Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819), Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863), Princess Anna of Saxony (1836), and Heinrich Ehrler (1917).

Among LAWYERS In Germany

Among lawyers born in Germany, Hans Litten ranks 6Before him are Rudolf von Jhering (1818), Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Bernhard Windscheid (1817), and Heinrich Marx (1777). After him are Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), Karl Binding (1841), and Christian Gottfried Körner (1756).