Lothar Kreyssig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lothar Kreyssig

German judge, founder of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1898

Place of Birth: Flöha, Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1986

Profession: judge, resistance fighter, peace activist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lothar Kreyssig (30 October 1898 – 6 July 1986) was a German judge during the Weimar and Nazi era.
He was the only German judge who attempted to stop the Action T4 euthanasia program, an intervention that cost him his job.
After the Second World War, he was again offered a judgeship, but declined.
Later, he became an advocate of German reconciliation and founded the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace and the German development aid non-government organization, Action for World Solidarity.