Hans-Heinrich Jescheck

Hans-Heinrich Jescheck Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult.
Born	10 January 1915 Liegnitz
Died	27 September 2009(2009-09-27) (aged 94) Freiburg im Breisgau
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Academic work
Institutions	University of Freiburg Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law
Main interests	Jurisprudence

Hans-Heinrich Jescheck (10 January 1915 – 27 September 2009) was German professor of law at the University of Freiburg (1954–1980). He was also director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (until 1982). He was rector of the University of Freiburg from 1964 to 1965.

In Nazi Germany, he was an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 March 1945 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 118

References

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.