SettingsGerman pacifists
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Einstein (; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics.
Albert Kalthoff
Albert Kalthoff was a German theologian.
Albert Kalthoff was a German theologian.
Annette Kolb
Annette Kolb(born on February 3, 1870 in Munich; died December 3, 1967 in Munich) was the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb.
Annette Kolb(born on February 3, 1870 in Munich; died December 3, 1967 in Munich) was the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb.
Bertha von Suttner
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist, and the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist, and the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Berthold von Deimling
Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling (21 March 1853, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden – 3 February 1944) was a general officer of the German Army during World War I.
Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling (21 March 1853, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden – 3 February 1944) was a general officer of the German Army during World War I.
Carl von Ossietzky
Carl von Ossietzky was a German pacifist and the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize.
Carl von Ossietzky was a German pacifist and the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize.
Christoph Probst
Christoph Hermann Probst (born 6 November 1919, Murnau am Staffelsee – executed 22 February 1943, Munich) was a German student of medicine and a member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resista...
Christoph Hermann Probst (born 6 November 1919, Murnau am Staffelsee – executed 22 February 1943, Munich) was a German student of medicine and a member of the White Rose (Weiße Rose) resista...
Emil Julius Gumbel
Emil Julius Gumbel was a German mathematician and political writer.
Emil Julius Gumbel was a German mathematician and political writer.
Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.
Emil Erich Kästner was a German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known for his humorous, socially astute poetry and children's literature.
Erich Lüth
Erich Lüth was a German writer and film director.
Erich Lüth was a German writer and film director.
Ernst Siehr
Ernst Siehr was a German lawyer and politician.
Ernst Siehr was a German lawyer and politician.
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster was a German academic, educationist, pacifist and philosopher.
Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster was a German academic, educationist, pacifist and philosopher.
Fritz von Unruh
Fritz von Unruh (May 10, 1885 - November 28, 1970) was a German Expressionist dramatist, poet, and novelist.
Fritz von Unruh (May 10, 1885 - November 28, 1970) was a German Expressionist dramatist, poet, and novelist.
Georg Friedrich Nicolai
Georg Friedrich Nicolai (born: Lewinstein) (1874-1964) was a German physiologist who studied at the University of Berlin, and later practiced medicine at the Charité in Berlin.
Georg Friedrich Nicolai (born: Lewinstein) (1874-1964) was a German physiologist who studied at the University of Berlin, and later practiced medicine at the Charité in Berlin.
Georg von Arco
Georg Wilhelm Alexander Hans Graf von Arco was a German physicist, radio pioneer, and one of the joint founders of the "Society for Wireless Telegraphy" which became the Telefunken company.
Georg Wilhelm Alexander Hans Graf von Arco was a German physicist, radio pioneer, and one of the joint founders of the "Society for Wireless Telegraphy" which became the Telefunken company.
George Grosz
Georg Ehrenfried Groß (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s.
Georg Ehrenfried Groß (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a German artist known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s.
Hans Scholl
Hans Fritz Scholl was a founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany.
Hans Fritz Scholl was a founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany.
Hans Söllner
Johann Michael Söllner (born 24 December 1955), better known as Hans Söllner, is a German singer-songwriter.
Johann Michael Söllner (born 24 December 1955), better known as Hans Söllner, is a German singer-songwriter.
Harry Graf Kessler
Harry Clément Ulrich Kessler was an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art.
Harry Clément Ulrich Kessler was an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art.
Helene Stöcker
Helene Stöcker (13 November 1869 in Wuppertal – 24 February 1943 in New York) was a German feminist, pacifist and sexual reformer.
Helene Stöcker (13 November 1869 in Wuppertal – 24 February 1943 in New York) was a German feminist, pacifist and sexual reformer.
Hugo Haase
Hugo Haase (29 September 1863 – 7 November 1919) was a German politician, jurist and pacifist.
Hugo Haase (29 September 1863 – 7 November 1919) was a German politician, jurist and pacifist.
Josef Kohler
Josef Kohler (March 9, 1849 Offenburg - August 3, 1919 Charlottenburg) was a German jurist, author and poet.
Josef Kohler (March 9, 1849 Offenburg - August 3, 1919 Charlottenburg) was a German jurist, author and poet.
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys was a German Fluxus, Happening and performance artist as well as a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art.
Joseph Beuys was a German Fluxus, Happening and performance artist as well as a sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art.
Karl Bechert
Karl Richard Bechert was a German theoretical physicist and political leader.
Karl Richard Bechert was a German theoretical physicist and political leader.
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East.
Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East.
Kurt Hiller
Kurt Hiller also known as Keith Lurr and Klirr was a German essayist of high stylistic originality and a political journalist from a Jewish family.
Kurt Hiller also known as Keith Lurr and Klirr was a German essayist of high stylistic originality and a political journalist from a Jewish family.
Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century.
Käthe Kollwitz was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century.
Lina Morgenstern
Lina Morgenstern (Breslau, November 25, 1830-Berlin, December 16, 1909) was a German writer, educator, feminist and pacifist.
Lina Morgenstern (Breslau, November 25, 1830-Berlin, December 16, 1909) was a German writer, educator, feminist and pacifist.
Ludwig Quidde
Ludwig Quidde was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: tha...
Ludwig Quidde was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: tha...
Margarethe Lenore Selenka
Lenore Margarethe Selenka-Heinemann (Hamburg, October 7, 1860 - Munich, December 16, 1922) was a German zoologist, anthropologist, feminist and pacifist.
Lenore Margarethe Selenka-Heinemann (Hamburg, October 7, 1860 - Munich, December 16, 1922) was a German zoologist, anthropologist, feminist and pacifist.
Martin Gauger
Martin Gauger (August 4, 1905 – July 14, 1941) was a German jurist and pacifist from Wuppertal, Rhenish Prussia.
Martin Gauger (August 4, 1905 – July 14, 1941) was a German jurist and pacifist from Wuppertal, Rhenish Prussia.
Martin Niemöller
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor.
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor.
Max Hirsch (labor economist)
Max Hirsch was a German political economist and politician.
Max Hirsch was a German political economist and politician.
Minna Cauer
Wilhelmine Theodore Marie Cauer, née Schelle, usually known as Minna Cauer (1 November 1841, Freyenstein - 3 August 1922, Berlin) was a German educator, journalist and radical activ...
Wilhelmine Theodore Marie Cauer, née Schelle, usually known as Minna Cauer (1 November 1841, Freyenstein - 3 August 1922, Berlin) was a German educator, journalist and radical activ...
Renate Riemeck
Renate Riemeck (October 4, 1920 in Breslau – May 12, 2003 in Alsbach-Hähnlein) was an historian and energetic peace activist who became known as former foster parent of the terrorist Ulrike Meinhof.
Renate Riemeck (October 4, 1920 in Breslau – May 12, 2003 in Alsbach-Hähnlein) was an historian and energetic peace activist who became known as former foster parent of the terrorist Ulrike Meinhof.
Walther Schücking
Walther Adrian Schücking was a German liberal politician, professor of public international law and the first German judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague.
Walther Adrian Schücking was a German liberal politician, professor of public international law and the first German judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague.
Wilhelm Julius Foerster
Wilhelm Julius Foerster was a German astronomer, father of the pacifist and ethicist Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster.
Wilhelm Julius Foerster was a German astronomer, father of the pacifist and ethicist Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster.