Rainer Hildebrandt

Rainer Hildebrandt (born December 14, 1914 in Stuttgart, died January 9, 2004 in Berlin) was a German anti-communist resistance fighter, historian and founder of the legendary Checkpoint Charlie Museum. He was involved in the resistance to the communist regime of the Soviet occupation zone since the 1940s, as a member of the Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit. The resistance group received financial aid from the Central Intelligence Agency.

In 1995, he married Alexandra Hildebrandt. She remains a director of the museum following his death.

Publications

  • Rainer Hildebrandt: Ein tragischer Auftakt zur deutschen Teilung und zur Mauer (Neuauflage der 1948 erstmals erschienenen Publikation * … die besten Köpfe, die man henkt', ergänzt durch zahlreiche Fotos und Originalunterlagen); Verlag Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August: ISBN 978-3-922484-48-6
  • Als die Fesseln fielen … Neun Schicksale in einem Aufstand
  • Von Gandhi bis Walesa – Gewaltfreier Kampf für Menschenrechte
  • Die Mauer spricht
  • Es geschah an der Mauer

Literature

  • Alexandra Hildebrandt: Ein Mensch Rainer Hildebrandt – Begegnungen Verl. Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-922484-41-7
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