Ernst Ehrlich


Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich was a Swiss 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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