Ernst Akert Explained

Ernst Akert (20 April 1871[1] – 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 Swiss 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]

Notes and References

  1. [Walter Schiess]
  2. Vgl. z. B. Walter Schiess: Offener Brief: lieber Ernst Akert. In: Freidenker, Band 25 (1942), Heft 5, S. 37–38, mit Bild.