Wolfgang Harich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wolfgang Harich

German journalist and philosopher

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1923

Place of Birth: Königsberg

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1995

Profession: writer, university teacher, journalist, literary critic, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Wolfgang Harich (3 December 1923 – 15 March 1995) 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 ten years in prison for the "establishment of a conspiratorial counterrevolutionary group." He was released in 1964, after eight years, 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 (Cemetery No.
III of the congregations of Jerusalem's Church and New Church) in Berlin-Kreuzberg, south of Hallesches Tor.