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Doctor of Law Diploma – University of Prague, 1901 – Julius Stark - Doctor of law diploma, awarded to Julius Stark by the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague. Prague, 27 February 1901. Latin. Large diploma, printed on high-quality paper, attesting that Julius Stark was awarded the degree of Doctor of Law. At the foot of the diploma appear the signatures of the university rector, pathologist Dr. Hans Chiari; the dean of the Faculty of Law, jurist Emil Pfersche; and the economist and Jewish jurist Robert Zuckerkandl. The university seal is embossed on a paper medallion at the foot of the diploma; revenue stamp and official stamp in the upper margins. Dr. Julius Stark (born 1878), a Jewish jurist and attorney, born in Horažďovice, Bohemia. His father, Rabbi Professor Moses Stark, a native of Dolný Kubín, Slovakia, was a disciple of the Ketav Sofer at the Pressburg yeshiva and served as Rabbi of Horažďovice in 1875-1883. His father later relocated to Prague, where he served as district rabbi of Vinohrady and as an educator at the local gymnasium and Talmud Torah, and published various Torah articles. He lived to nearly ninety and was known as the ”Elder of the Rabbis of Prague”. In 1905, Julius married Gilda-Gretchen, née Löbl, in Teplitz. He began his professional career as an attorney in Brüx, and subsequently relocated his practice to Bodenbach (today, Děčín), where he founded and managed a law firm. Alongside his legal career, Stark took an active part in public discourse and published journalistic articles in the socialist periodical Der Kampf. In 1939, on the eve of World War II, he fled Nazi persecution and found refuge in Great Britain. Approx. 50X70 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and minor wear. Tears along fold lines, reinforced with strips of adhesive tape on verso.