Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich | |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1921 |
Death Date: | 21 October 2007 |
Death Place: | Riehen, Switzerland |
Era: | 20th century philosophy |
Region: | Jewish philosophy |
Main Interests: | Religious philosophy, interfaith dialogue |
Notable Works: | Advisor for "Nostra aetate" |
Institutions: | European director of B'nai B'rith |
Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich (27 March 1921 - 21 October 2007) was a Swiss Jewish religious philosopher.
Ehrlich fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in June 1943, using a false passport. From 1961 to 1994 he was European director of the Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith.
He was an adviser to German Cardinal Augustin Bea at the Second Vatican Council in preparing "Nostra aetate", a key document on Roman Catholic-Jewish relations.[1]
He died at his home in Riehen, a suburb of Basel.[1]