Wolfgang Kaiser (KgU)
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Wolfgang Kaiser (16 February 1924 – 6 September 1952) was a member of Rainer Hildebrandt's "Struggle against Inhumanty" group (KgU / Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit) which campaigned against the one party dictatorship in the German Democratic Republic.
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Wolfgang Kaiser | |
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Born | 16 February 1924 |
Died | 6 September 1952 (aged 28) Münchner Platz Prison, Dresden, East Germany |
Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Civil rights militant KgU technical supporter Show trial victim |
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In the 1952 Hildebrandt conspiracy show trial, he was identified on 8 August as the "chief chemist" of the KgU and, on 9 August, condemned to death in the country's Supreme Court.[1]