Rainer Hildebrandt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rainer Hildebrandt

German resistance member

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1914

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 09-Jan-2004

Profession: writer, historian, author

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Rainer Hildebrandt (born December 14, 1914 in Stuttgart, died January 9, 2004 in Berlin) was a German anti-communist resistance fighter, historian and founder of the legendary Checkpoint Charlie Museum.
He was involved in the resistance to the communist regime of the Soviet occupation zone since the 1940s, as a member of the Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit.
The resistance group received financial aid from the Central Intelligence Agency. In 1995, he married Alexandra Hildebrandt.
She remains a director of the museum following his death.