Nikolaus von Halem

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Halemweg 17, 13627 Berlin, Germany

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Nicholas Christoph von Halem (born 15 March 1905 in Schwetz, died 9 October 1944 in Brandenburg an der Havel) was a German lawyer, businessman, and resistance fighter against the Nazi Party.
His parents were Gustav Adolf von Halem (1870-1932) and Hertha von Halem(1879-1957). He was the fourth child, his father was an East Prussian district administrator. During the First World War, the family moved to Berlin. As a child Halem was first educated at home, later he attended a school in Schwetz. After moving to Berlin he attend the Protestant monastery school Roßleben. After high school, in March 1922, he studied law at the University of Göttingen in Leipzig, Munich and Heidelberg. During his time at the University he belonged to the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg fraternity, but was excluded for intoxication. He then became involved so a short time in the illegal Black Reichswehr, an extreme right paramilitary troops. In 1931 he did law clerking and married Marie (Mariechen) Garbe, with whom he had two sons.

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