Law firm - Dr. Baer I

Dr. Moritz Baer (Dr. Baer I) was a native of Coburg and saw the light of day in Coburg on July 6, 1877. He attended the Coburg Gymnasium Casimirianum, then studied law and opened a law office. As a participant in World War I in the rank of a non-commissioned officer, he was awarded the Iron Cross I. Class, received the Wounded Badge and a medal of the Duchy of Coburg. His younger brother Martin Baer became his professional partner after the end of World War I - the law office became a law firm. Already at the beginning of the 1920s the office became a contact point for clients seeking help and assistance in legal disputes with National Socialists. This naturally brought the Jewish lawyers into their field of vision early on. They were also in the public eye as representatives of the Jewish religious community of Coburg in the dispute with the city in 1932/1933 over the right to continue using the St. Nicholas Chapel as a synagogue. In 1933, Moritz Baer was arrested together with other Coburg Jews and trafficked. They were forbidden to talk about these incidents. In 1938, the Baer brothers sold their businesses and emigrated to a foreign country to save themselves. Moritz Baer and his wife fled to Argentina to join their son Max, who had already been living there since 1936. Daughter Ruth and son Bernhard also managed to escape to Argentina. Moritz Baer died in 1952 and his wife followed him 10 years later.