Theodor Haecker

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Theodor Haecker (June 4, 1879-April 9, 1945) was a German writer, translator and cultural critic. He is known for his consistent opposition to the Nazi regime, which took steps to silence him, and his connections with the German resistance to them, such as the White Rose.

He was a translator into German of Kierkegaard and Cardinal Newman. He became a Roman Catholic convert in 1921.

After the bombing of Munich in World War II he fled Munich to live the last months of his live in the small village of Ustersbach, where he was buried after his death.