Uwe Wesel (2 February 1933 – 11 September 2023) was a German academic, lawyer, and legal historian.
Born in Hamburg on 2 February 1933, Wesel joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 1959, where he was a member until his expulsion in 1974.
He had allegedly given "tactical advice" to students of the Kommunistischer Studentenverband [de] (KSV) during a lecture at FU, who had been rioting.
He defended himself, stating that with his lecture, the KSV recognized the senselessness of its attacks and harassment against the FU professors and the riots ended the next day.
[4] In 2021, he published his autobiography, titled Wozu Latein, wenn man gesund ist?