Law Firm - Dr. P. Langkopf & Dr. H. Berkowitz

Horst Egon Berkowitz was born on January 16, 1898 in Königsberg.His parents were David Berkowitz (1855 – 1941) and Esther Ernestine, née Schumacher (1869 – 1943). The couple moved with their four children to Hanover in 1902.Horst Egon Berkowitz had 3 siblings - an older sister - Dagmar, an older brother - Harald (1896) and Gerhard (1901).Like his brother Harald, he also attended the Leibniz Gymnasium and took the emergency A-levels there in 1915, in order to volunteer for the German Army as soon as possible. In November 1915, while fighting in the 74th Infantry Regiment, first in Russia and then in France, he was seriously wounded by the explosion of a grenade, losing his right eye and suffering other serious injuries to his head and hand. He was then considered seriously disabled and was awarded the Golden Badge of the Wounded. After his recovery, he studied law in Göttingen and passed his second state examination at the age of 22.