Max Hirschberg (November 13, 1883 – June 21, 1964) was aGerman JewishWeimar eraanti-Nazicriminal defense lawyer andscholar.
Hirschberg confronted in court directlyAdolf Hitler; he was imprisoned, but released because of his conduct duringWorld War I and allowed to practice law even after the1933 election.
In 1934, he emigrated from Germany toItaly, and later toNew York City.
Hirschberg wrote mainly aboutmiscarriages of justice.
He was also a friend ofPhilipp Löwenfeld [de].[1]
In recognition of Hirschberg's work on behalf of innocent persons wrongly convicted of crimes, in 2007 he was named as one of the inaugural members of the Wrongful Conviction Hall of Honor established byJustice Denied. The article about Hirschberg was titled "Max Hirschberg: One Of The World's Great Wrongful Conviction Lawyers."
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