Office of the “State Comissioner for racial, religious and political victims of National Socialism”

From October 1946, Dr. Phillip Auerbach was “State Comissioner for racial, religious and political victims of National Socialism” in Bavaria. He saw himself as an “advocate for Jewish DPs,” accelerated the rehabilitation of Nazi victims, the legal prosecution of Nazi perpetrators and supported thousands of DPs in their efforts to emigrate. In 1952, he committed suicide after a show trial-like conviction for embezzlement and fraud. In 1954, he was rehabilitated by an investigative committee of the Bavarian Parliament.