Otto Eger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Eger

German legal historian

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1877

Place of Birth: Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1949

Profession: university teacher, legal historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Otto Eger (19 October 1877 - 11 April 1949) was a German jurist and legal historian.
As a professor at the University of Giessen (and undertaking, more briefly, an eight year professorship at Basel), during the first half of the twentieth century, he was an influential teacher of several generations of legal scholars.
He served terms as University Rector at both institutions.
A committed nationalist, he backed National socialism which, in his judgement, opened up opportunities for revanchists who still hoped to find ways to undo the destruction of the Bismarckian German state in 1918/1919.
More than six decades after his death Otto Eger remained a controversial figure, due to his engagement with the Nazi régime.