Hermann Heller (legal scholar)

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Hermann Heller
Born	Hermann Ignatz Heller (1891-07-17)17 July 1891 Teschen, Silesia, Austria-Hungary
Died	5 November 1933(1933-11-05) (aged 42) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	German
Occupation	Jurist
Spouse	Gertrud Falke
Partner	Elisabeth Langgässer
Children	Gertrud "Jane" Heller Winikus Ruth Heller Cordelia Edvardson Lukas Heller
Relatives	Bruno Heller (grandson) Zoë Heller (granddaughter)

Hermann Heller (17 July 1891 – 5 November 1933) was a German legal scholar and philosopher of Jewish descent.^[1] He was active in the non-Marxist wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) during the Weimar Republic. He attempted to formulate the theoretical foundations of the social-democratic relations to the state, and nationalism. He was politically active in the relatively conservative Hofgeismarer Kreis of the SPD and is believed to have authored the group's statement of principles.