# Julius Lippmann

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**Julius Lippmann** (22 July 1864 – 13 November 1934) was a German liberal politician, a member of the [Prussian House of Representatives](/source/Prussian_House_of_Representatives) and the [Weimar National Assembly](/source/Weimar_National_Assembly). He served as *[Oberpräsident](/source/Oberpr%C3%A4sident)* (governor) of the [Province of Pomerania](/source/Province_of_Pomerania_(1815%E2%80%931945)) from 1919 to 1930. After retiring from this post, he began lecturing at the [University of Greifswald](/source/University_of_Greifswald) but left after being the subject of [antisemitic](/source/Antisemitic) attacks by [Nazi](/source/Nazi) students for his Jewish lineage.

## Life

Lippmann was born in [Danzig](/source/Danzig), [West Prussia](/source/West_Prussia), [Kingdom of Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia), his father was a Jewish cantor in the [Jewish Community of Danzig](/source/Jewish_Community_of_Danzig).[1] Lippmann attended the [Academic Gymnasium Danzig](/source/Academic_Gymnasium_Danzig) and started to study [classical philology](/source/Classical_philology) at the [University of Berlin](/source/Humboldt_University), but soon switched to law.[2][3]

Lippmann started to practise as a lawyer in Stettin (today, [Szczecin](/source/Szczecin)) in 1892 as a member of the [Free-minded Union](/source/Free-minded_Union), and he was elected to the city council of Stettin in 1900. He became a member of the [Prussian House of Representatives](/source/Prussian_House_of_Representatives) in 1908 where he would serve until its dissolution in 1918. He joined the [Progressive People's Party (DDP)](/source/Progressive_People's_Party_(Germany)) in 1910 and was the deputy chairman of the DDP faction in the Prussian parliament.[2] Lippmann was elected a member of the [Weimar National Assembly](/source/Weimar_National_Assembly) on 19 January 1919. On 1 April 1919, he succeeded [Georg Michaelis](/source/Georg_Michaelis) as "[Oberpräsident](/source/Oberpr%C3%A4sident)" (governor) of the [Province of Pomerania](/source/Province_of_Pomerania_(1815%E2%80%931945)), the only liberal politician to hold this position.[1][3]

In 1927, Lippmann became an honorary senator of the [University of Greifswald](/source/University_of_Greifswald). He retired on 31 March 1930 as Oberpräsident and started to lecture on administrative sciences in [Greifswald](/source/Greifswald) later that year. Though Lippmann had converted to [Lutheranism](/source/Lutheranism), he was attacked by [Nazi students](/source/National_Socialist_German_Students'_League) for his Jewish descent. In April 1933, Lippmann ceased his lectures and was formally dismissed on 25 July 1933 at his own request after he had received a [Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service](/source/Law_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Professional_Civil_Service) questionnaire.[1][4][5]

Facing further [antisemitic](/source/Antisemitic) persecution, Lippmann moved to Berlin, where he died in 1934.

## References

1. Vierhaus, Rudolf (2006). [*biography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ytpiq7Oy7gC&q=julius+lippmann+greifswald&pg=PA481) (in German). Munich: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, Bd. 6. p. 481. ISBN 978-3-598-25036-1.

1. ["Reichstags Abgeordnetendatenbank"](https://www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de/select.html?pnd=130014206) (in German)

1. Heitmann, Margret; Schoeps, Julius H.; Neubach, Helmut (1995). *"Ich halte fern dem ganzen Land jedes Verderben" – Geschichte und Kultur der Juden in Pommern* (in German). Haskala – Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Bd. 15. Hildesheim/Zürich/New York: Moses Mendelsohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien; Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institut für deutsch-jüdische Geschichte. pp. 345 ff. ISBN 3-487-10074-6.

1. Kohl, Hannelore (2008). [*Ein Frauenstudium in Umbruchzeiten – Studienjahre in Greifswald 1931- 1934*](https://books.google.com/books?id=iFyMoItKslcC&q=julius+lippmann+greifswald&pg=PA36) (in German). Die OLG Präsidentin – Festschrift für Henriette Heinbostel. Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag. p. 36. ISBN 978-3-8305-1444-2.

1. Inachin, Kyra T. (2008). [*Die Geschichte Pommerns*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ufV3DwAAQBAJ&q=julius+lippmann&pg=PT135) (in German). Hinstorff Verlag. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-3560-1629-1.

## External website

- [Julius Lippmann](https://apps.bundesarchiv.de/aktenreichskanzlei/1919-1933/0000/adr/adrhl/kap1_5/para2_150.html) in the [*Akten der Reichskanzlei. Weimarer Republik*](https://apps.bundesarchiv.de/aktenreichskanzlei/1919-1933/0000/index.html)

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