Curt Rothenberger

Curt Rothenberger
Rothenberger, c. 1946–1947
State Secretary
Reich Ministry of Justice
In office
20 August 1942 – 21 December 1943
Preceded byFranz Schlegelberger
Succeeded byHerbert Klemm
Vice-president
Academy for German Law
In office
3 November 1942 – 12 August 1944
Preceded byCarl August Emge [de]
President
Hamburg Higher Regional Court
In office
1 April 1935 – 20 August 1942
Senator for Justice
Hamburg
In office
7 March 1933 – 1 April 1935
Personal details
Born30 June 1896
Cuxhaven, Hamburg, German Empire
Died1 September 1959 (aged 63)
Hamburg, West Germany
Cause of deathSuicide by hanging
NationalityGerman
Political partyNazi Party
Alma materHumboldt University of Berlin
Kiel University
Hamburg University
ProfessionLawyer
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Years of service1915–1918
RankLeutnant of reserves
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsHanseatic Cross

Curt Ferdinand Rothenberger (30 June 1896 – 1 September 1959) was a German lawyer, judge and Nazi Party legal theorist. He rose to become the State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Justice in Nazi Germany. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Judges Trial at Nuremberg in 1947 and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Released in 1950, he resumed life in the legal profession until inquiries into his past arose publicly once again in early 1959, and he died by suicide shortly afterward.