Bled Honours Mother of Top 20th Century Lawyer

Bled, 20 December - Dignitaries from Austria and Slovenia unveiled on Monday a new tombstone honouring the memory of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of Hans Kelsen, the most notable jurist of the 20th century and the father of constitutional courts. Auguste Kelsen fled from Austria during WWII and found refuge in Bled.

Bled Bled Mayor Janez Fajfar, former Austrian Federal Council President Herbert Schambeck, Slovenian Constitutional Court President Ernest Petric and Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Ernest Kubesch (left to right) unveil the new tombstone on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

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Bled Mayor Janez Fajfar, former Austrian Federal Council President Herbert Schambeck, Slovenian Constitutional Court President Ernest Petric and Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Ernest Kubesch (left to right) unveil the new tombstone on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bled The new tombstone on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

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The new tombstone on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bled Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Ernest Kubesch lays a wreath on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bled
Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Ernest Kubesch lays a wreath on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bled Bled Mayor Janez Fajfar, former Austrian Federal Council President Herbert Schambeck, Slovenian Constitutional Court President Ernest Petric and Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Ernest Kubesch (left to right) lay a wreath on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Bled
Bled Mayor Janez Fajfar, former Austrian Federal Council President Herbert Schambeck, Slovenian Constitutional Court President Ernest Petric and Austrian Ambassador to Slovenia Ernest Kubesch (left to right) lay a wreath on the grave of Auguste Kelsen, the mother of distinguished 20th century jurist Hans Kelsen.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

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