Eduard Hamm | |
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| Born | 7 March 1881 Munich, German Empire |
| Died | 2 September 1944 (aged 63) Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Alma mater | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
| Spouse | Maria von Merz |
| Children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
Eduard Hamm (7 March 1881 – 2 September 1944) was a German lawyer and politician who served in several government positions during the Weimar Republic. Hamm studied law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and subsequently worked in the Bavarian civil service. He later became a member of the Bavarian Landtag and the German Reichstag, representing the German Democratic Party. Hamm served as Minister for Trade, Industry and Commerce in the government of the Free State of Bavaria from 1919 to 1922, and later as Reich Minister for Economics under Chancellor Wilhelm Marx.[1]
After retiring from politics in 1933, Hamm worked as a lawyer in Berlin and Munich. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 following the 20 July Plot and died under mysterious circumstances in prison. Hamm was married to Maria von Merz and had three children.
- ^ Wolfgang Hardtwig, Manuel Limbach: Bürger gegen Hitler. Zum 70. Gedenken an den 20. Juli 1944 muss auch an den bayerischen Widerstandskreis um Franz Sperr erinnert werden. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 18. Juli 2014, S. 12, online.