The Greatest German Peace Activists

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Clara Zetkin

(German Communist Leader and Feminist Activist)

Birthdate: July 5, 1857

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Königshain-Wiederau, Germany

Died: June 20, 1933

German feminist, Marxist theorist, and Communist activist Clara Zetkin had a prominent role in the Communist Party of Germany and Comintern following World War I. Initially trained to be a teacher, she gradually gravitated towards women’s and labor movements. She later became closely associated with Lenin.

Carl von Ossietzky

(German Journalist, Pacifist and Winner of 1935 Nobel Peace Prize)

Birthdate: October 3, 1889

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany

Died: May 4, 1938

German journalist Carl von Ossietzky was part of the army during World War I. Later, through a series of articles in his magazine Weltbühne, he exposed the Reichswehr leaders’ secret rearmament plans. He was later tortured in a camp and forbidden to leave Germany to collect his Nobel Peace Prize.

Eugen Drewermann

(German Theologian, Peace Activist, Church Critic, and Former Catholic Priest)

Birthdate: June 20, 1940

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Berghamen, Germany

Eugen Drewermann is a German theologian, peace activist, church critic, and former Catholic priest. Drewermann's work is considered important and has been translated into over 12 languages. Over the years, Eugen Drewermann has received several prestigious awards such as the Herbert-Haag-Prize, Erich Fromm Prize, and International Albert Schweitzer-Prize.

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