Tilman Zülch
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| Born |
September 2, 1939 Libina, Sudetenland (present-day Czech Republic) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | General secretary of the Society for Threatened Peoples and Society for Threatened Peoples International |
| Known for | Human rights activist |
Tilman Zülch (born September 2, 1939) is a German human rights activist. He is the founder and general secretary of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP).
Zülch was born in Liebau, in the Sudetenland, now Libina, Czech Republic. His family left the Sudetenland in 1945, during the postwar expulsion of Germans. As a boy he belonged to the Bündische Jugend, part of the German Youth Movement, in Hamburg. He completed his Abitur at the Louisenlund Gymnasium in Rendsburg-Eckernförde. He studied politics and economics in Hamburg, Graz, and Heidelberg. He was active in college political groups and the Außerparlamentarische Opposition.
In June 1968, with Klaus Guerke, he founded Aktion: Biafra Hilfe to draw the attention of the world to the genocide happening in Biafra, in present-day Nigeria.
The Society for Threatened Peoples (German: Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker) grew out of this organization in 1970. Its main office has been located in Göttingen since 1979. As of 2006[update], its German branch, GfbV-Deutschland, is one of the largest human rights organizations in Germany.
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