A Survivor, Legislator and Jurist: Joseph Lamm’s Legal Legacy in Relation to the Nazis and Nazi Collaborators Law (1950)
Dr. Yehudit Dori Deston & Prof. Dan Porat
The research examines Joseph Lamm's (born in Austria, 1899) part in the enactment of the Nazis and Nazi Collaborators Law of 1950, and the ruling based on it in the Israeli court. The research claims that Lamm's experience as a prisoner in the Dachau camp shaped his legal worldview on the issue of judging Jews accused of collaboration with the Nazis, as reflected both in his role as legislator and judge.