Winfried Hassemer (17 February 1940 – 9 January 2014) was a German criminal law scholar. He was vice president of the

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. Born in

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, Hassemer was from 1964 to 1969 a scientific assistant at the Institut for laws and social philosophy of the university of

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. His widow Kristiane Weber Hassemer was a judge and state secretary to Rupert von Plottnitz. His brother

Volker Hassemer Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * ''Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-t ...

was a senator in Berlin.

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