Rainer Hildebrandt

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 help from the Americans.

He was married to Alexandra Hildebrandt (born Alexandra Weissmann) in 1995: she remained a director of the museum following his death .

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