Hans Koch (lawyer)
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Hans Koch | |
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 Hans Koch | |
| Born | 16 August 1893 |
| Died | 24 April 1945 (aged 51) |
| Cause of death | extrajudicial killing |
| Alma mater | University of Königsberg |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Spouse | Annemarie Kahle |
Hans Koch (16 August 1893 – 24 April 1945) was a German lawyer, a member of the Confessing Church and a member of the German resistance against Nazism. The plotters of 20 July slated Koch for President of the Reichsgericht in post-Nazi Germany.
Koch was born in Bartenstein, East Prussia (modern Bartoszyce, Poland),[1] he graduated in law from the University of Königsberg.[2] In 1923, he began working at the Prussian Ministry of Trade and later as the second state commissar of the Berlin stock exchange.[3] In 1927, he opened his own law office.
