Rainer Hildebrandt
Rainer Hildebrandt 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 ; Verlag Arbeitsgemeinschaft 13. August:
- 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,
