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Lothar Kreyssig
German judge, founder of Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (1898-1986) · Germany · On the map · Lawyers · Died at 87
Lothar Kreyssig was a German judge during the Weimar and Nazi era. He was the only German judge who attempted to stop the mass-murder of persons deemed "unworthy of living" under the Aktion T4 "involuntary euthanasia" program, an intervention that cost him his job.
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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.
