Hermann Friedmann

Adolph Hermann Friedmann was a German philosopher and jurist, Finnish citizen from 1906. In Finland Friedmann became known to the general public as a lawyer. His most famous case was a murder committed in 1927 in Turku. Friedmann defended the head of the University Library of Åbo Akademi and his wife in a murder trial, which was extensively reported in the newspapers around Europe.

Literary works

Die Welt der Formen. System eines morphologischen Idealismus, Gebr. Paetel, Berlin 1925, C. H. Beck, München 1930Wissenschaft und Symbol. Aufriss einer symbolnahen Wissenschaft, Biederstein C. H. Beck), München 1949Sinnvolle Odysee. Geschichte eines Lebens und einer Zeit, C. H. Beck, München 1950