Erwin Schild CM (March 9, 1920 – January 6, 2024) was a German-born Canadian Conservative rabbi and author.
Born in Cologne, Germany, a Holocaust survivor of the Dachau concentration camp,[1] he was the author of World Through My Window and his autobiography The very narrow bridge: a memoir of an uncertain passage.
[2] In 2001, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour, for "improving dialogue between the Christian and Jewish faiths, promoting harmony at home and abroad".
[3] In 2000, he was awarded the Officer's Cross (Offizierkreuz) of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
[4] Schild died on January 6, 2024, at the age of 103 in Toronto.