Biography:Ernst Akert

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Short description: Swiss freethinker

Ernst Akert (born 20 April 1871;[1] died after 1942) was a Swiss freethinker.

Biography

Akert is one of the founders of the defeated Swiss Freethinkers Association [Freidenkerbund] during the First World War.[1] Among the things he wrote for the Freidenkerbund and published writings about the Walser. In 1942 he published a monograph titled Gottfried Keller's Weltanschauung, in which he discussed the position of the Switzerland writer on God, immortality, religion and the Church; this is Akert's most common writing style.

In 1942, Akert moved to Lugano after living in Bern for many years.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Walter Schiess: Wir gratulieren. In: Der Freidenker, Band 34 (1951), Nr. 5, S. 37–38.
  2. Vgl. z. B. Walter Schiess: Offener Brief: lieber Ernst Akert. In: Freidenker, Band 25 (1942), Heft 5, S. 37–38, mit Bild. doi:10.5169/seals-409244