Elsbeth von Ameln (16 June 1905 in Cologne – 30 April 1990) was a German lawyer to the Allied military courts and later in the office - and Cologne Regional Court.Marion Röwekamp, Juristinnen: Lexikon zu Leben und Werk. Nomos Verlagsges.MBH + Company, 2005, Original from - the University of Michigan, ,
After graduating from high school, she began studying law in Marburg in 1925, where she was the only law student in her semester.Marion Röwekamp: Die ersten deutschen Juristinnen. Böhlau Verlag, 2011, , S. 414. Her professional goal was a criminal lawyer at the juvenile court., Marion Röwekamp: Juristinnen: Lexikon zu Leben und Werk. Hrsg.: Deutscher Juristinnenbund. 1. Auflage. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2005, , S. 14. Until her retirement on 2 July 1984 she was instrumental in building the democratic judiciary in Cologne.
On 30 April 1990, Elsbeth von Ameln died in Cologne at the age of 84. She was buried in the family plot at Melaten Cemetery.
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