Ernst Ehrlich


Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich was a Swiss History of [the Jews in Switzerland|Jewish] religious philosopher.

Biography

Born 27 March 1921, Ehrlich fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in June 1943, using a false passport. From 1961 to 1994, he was European director of the Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith.
He was an adviser to German Cardinal Augustin Bea at the Second [Vatican Council] in preparing "Nostra aetate", a key document on Roman Catholic-Jewish relations.
He died at his home in Riehen, a suburb of Basel.

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