About Rudolf Rabl
Lived 1889 – 1951 (aged 62). Rudolf Rabl was a lawyer.
Rudolf Rabl (23 March 1889 – 20 August 1951) was a Czech lawyer, writer, art collector and member of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in 1940–1945.
Early life and education Rabl was born into a German-speaking assimilated Jewish family in southern Bohemia. The Rabls had lived in the Czech lands (Bohemia) since the late 15th century.
He studied law at Charles University in Prague, the University of Pisa, and the University of Vienna. He received his doctorate in law from Charles University in 1913 and a second doctorate in history of art from the Vienna School of Art History in 1916.
Legal career Rabl became an advocate in the high court and supreme court, and was involved in a number of high profile cases within Czechoslovakia and Austria.
From 1933 he acted on behalf of political and Jewish refugees wishing to flee to Czechoslovakia and co-founded the Czech Association for the Support of German Emigrants (Sdružení k podpoře německých emigrantů) in Prague, which was active throughout Czechoslovakia and was primarily made up of activists from the Czechoslovak section of the International Red Aid (which had been dissolved in 1932). In this position he was able to use some influence to secure safe passage for several Jewish academics and political refugees.
Personal life Rabl had socialist sympathies and had an extensive art collection, including artwork by his friend Oskar Kokoschka.
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Who was Rudolf Rabl?
Czech lawyer
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Rudolf Rabl was born on 23 March 1889 in Jindřichův Hradec.
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Rudolf Rabl died on 20 August 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Rudolf Rabl was a lawyer.
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