Ernst Tillich

Ernst Tillich
Born(1910-06-27)27 June 1910
Marienwerder, West Prussia, Germany
Died16 March 1985(1985-03-16) (aged 74)
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Occupation(s)Theologian
Anti-dictatorship activist
SpouseAnita Walter/Tillich 1951
Children4
Parent(s)Franz Tillich
_____ von Richthofen

Ernst Tillich (27 June 1910 – 16 March 1985) was a German theologian.

He survived the twelve Nazi years, but nevertheless spent much of the period in state detention, including more than three years in the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen.[1] Subsequently, between 1951 and 1958, Tillich led the Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU "Combat Group against Inhumanity"),[2][3] a US funded[2] militant campaigning anti-communist organisation,[4] based in West Berlin, which supported resistance to the one-party dictatorship that had established itself as the German Democratic Republic in October 1949.[5]

  1. ^ Jörg Rudolph; Frank Drauschke; Alexander Sachse (2007). Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU) (PDF). Vol. 23. Der Berliner Landesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen DDR, Berlin. p. 26. ISBN 978-3-934085-26-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b "GEHEIMDIENSTE / TILLICH - Später Werwolf". Der Spiegel (online). 2 July 1958. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ Keith R Allen (March 2013). Ernst Tillich: Biografie und Netzwerke. Ch. Links Verlag (first edition 2013). pp. 52, 63. ISBN 978-3861537229. Retrieved 3 August 2015. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ Roger Engelmann (6 October 2012). "Abschreckung und Propaganda – Todesurteile in DDR-Schauprozessen der Fünfzigerjahre" (PDF). Stiftung Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen: 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Schüler im Widerstand". Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung und Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft e.V. September 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2015.