Emil Bock

Emil Bock (born 19 May 1895 in Barmen; died 6 December 1959 in Stuttgart) was a German anthroposophist, author, theologian and one of the founders of The Christian Community.

However, the same year he enlisted as a volunteer in the First World War and was sent to the front in Flanders, where he was wounded.

In 1916, he met for the first time the theologian Friedrich Rittelmeyer, and from 1918 he studied Protestant theology in Berlin, and graduated in 1921.

In 1941, the Nazi regime banned the Christian Community due to its alleged "Jewish" and "Masonic" influence, and Bock was sent to the concentration camp Welzheim the same year.

He was released from the concentration camp in 1942, however, but was under surveillance for the rest of the war.