Wolfgang Harich

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1923 – 1995

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Who was Wolfgang Harich?

Wolfgang Harich was a philosopher and journalist in East Germany.

A deserter from the German army in World War II and a member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Harich became a professor of philosophy at Humboldt University in 1949. He was arrested in 1956 and sentenced to eight years in prison for the "establishment of a conspiratorial counterrevolutionary group." He was released in 1964 and rehabilitated in 1990. In 1994 he joined the Party of Democratic Socialism.

His grave is preserved in the Protestant Friedhof III der Jerusalems- und Neuen Kirchengemeinde in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.

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Born
Dec 3, 1923
Königsberg
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
Employment
  • Humboldt University of Berlin
Died
Mar 21, 1995
Berlin

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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