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 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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