Die Taetigkeit von Ministerialrat Dr. Otto Hirsch im wuerttembergischen Staatsdienst und bei der Neckar-Aktiengesellschaft Stuttgart 1918-1933.

Report on Otto Hirsch's activities with the government of the German state of Wuerttemberg and with the public company Neckar AG in Stuttgart, told by his former colleague, Prof. Otto Konz.Otto Hirsch was born in Stuttgart in 1885, the son of Louis Hirsch (ME 310). He was a co-founder and board member of the Neckar AG which was responsible for the canalization of the Neckar river. After his forced dismissal in 1933 he dedicated himself to Jewish politics and became the chairman of the newly founded "Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden". He died in the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1941. The judge (Senatspraesident) and professor Robert Nebinger was a close friend of Otto Hirsch since their school days. He joined the NSDAP in 1933, but retained his friendship with Otto Hirsch.Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 183HolocaustBerlinLeipzi