Adolph Hermann Friedmann (11 April 1873, in Białystok – 25 May 1957, in 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.

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

Hermann Friedmann

See also

International PEN

References

External links

Biographies. Kulturportal West–Ost (in German)

Hermann Friedmann

19th-century German philosophers

German jurists

People from Białystok

1873 births

1957 deaths

Riga Technical University alumni

German male writers

20th-century Finnish lawyers

German emigrants to Finland

Naturalized citizens of Finland

Hermann Friedmann