Ernst Akert
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Swiss freethinker
Ernst Akert (20 April 1871[1] – after 1942) was a Swiss freethinker.
Biography
[edit ]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]
References
[edit ]- 1 2 Walter Schiess: Wir gratulieren. In: Der Freidenker , Band 34 (1951), Nr. 5, S. 37–38.
- ↑ 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
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