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JULIUS LIPPERT
(1895 – 1956) NSDAP politician. He first participated in the assassination of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau, later was appointed the Reichskommissar of Berlin. As such, he purged the capital’s government of opposition, and was responsible for much of the early persecution of Jews in Berlin. 3.5 x 5.5 in. b/w, a chest, up portrait displaying an eagle and swastika pin on his lapel, signed and dated Jan. 11, 1936 in indelible pencil in the white bottom margin. Fine
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In the closing days of the war, Lippert was captured in April 1945 and interned in Hamburg by British troops. He was extradited to Belgium in January 1946 for trial. He was sentenced to six years of hard labor on 29 June 1951, for involvement in war crimes. Although the sentence was increased to eight years in early 1952, he was released on 15 April 1952 on the basis of time served. Subsequently, on 1 September 1953, he was classified as a Nazi activist by a de-Nazification tribunal in Hesse. He was prohibited from holding political office or receiving a public pension. He lectured at universities until his death on 30 June 1956, in Bad Schwalbach.