Law firm - Dr. Scheuer

Oskar Scheuer was born on April 2, 1877 in Saarbrücken-St. Johann. His parents were the merchant Gabriel Scheuer, born on March 7, 1844 in Bernkastel and his wife Barbara, née Lazar, born on May 29, 1850 in Saarlouis. Having grown up in St. Johann, Oskar Scheuer studied law in Munich, Berlin and Bonn from 1896 to 1900. In 1904 he set up as a lawyer in Saarbrücken. He was chairman of the lawyers' association, chairman of the arbitration court of the product exchange, member of the Saarbrücker city council (1922-1932 and represented the city of Saarbrücken in numerous lawsuits. As chairman of the German Democratic Party of the Saar region, he was also a member of the state council in the 1st electoral term. Dr. Oskar Scheuer had lived at Luisenstra e 40 since 1904 and from 1931 at Uhlandstra e 7.With the seizure of power by the National Socialists and the law passed as a result on 7. When the National Socialists came to power and the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service (BBG) was enacted on April 7, 1933, the objective of removing all Jews, people of Jewish origin and politically undesirable persons from the civil service was also taken away from Dr. Oskar Scheuer. As a result of his expulsion from the bar association, he suffered a nervous breakdown in the spring of 1935. In September 1935, Dr. Oskar Scheuer emigrated with his wife and two children to Luxembourg and finally to Palestine in 1939. The repression he suffered and the consequences of his nervous breakdown remained with Dr. Oskar Scheuer for the rest of his life. Dr. Oskar Scheuer died on 22 January 1966 in Tel Aviv.