Wolfgang Abendroth

Wolfgang Walter Arnulf Abendroth was a German socialist, jurist, and political scientist. He was born in Elberfeld, now a part of Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Abendroth was a radical social democrat and an important contributor to the constitutional foundation of post-World War II West Germany. In 1943, he was forcibly drafted into one of the 999th Division's "probation units" and while stationed in Greece, he deserted to the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS).