Hans-Heinrich Jescheck

Hans-Heinrich Jescheck (10 January 1915 – 27 September 2009) was a German professor of law at the University of Freiburg (1954–1980). He was also director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (until 1982). He was rector of the University of Freiburg from 1964 to 1965.

In Nazi Germany, he was an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 March 1945 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and leader of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 118