Back to Lexicon Entries List Preuss, Hugo (1860-1925) German jurist and politician from Jewish origin, wrote the constitution of the Weimar Republic Preuss was a lecturer in the University of Berlin, as an expert on German constitutional law. At the end of World War I he became Minister of the Interior in the new Republic's Government and headed the committee, which drafted the constitution. Because of his opposition to the Versailles treaty, Preuss resigned from Government. Back to top