Helmuth Prieß (18 March 1939, Hildesheim – 26 April 2012, Bonn) was a German professional soldier, and one of the founders and speaker of the Darmstädter Signal,[2] an independent organization opposing weapons of mass destruction and the primary usage of military means to solve conflicts.

His signing of a critical resolution led to a demotion of two ranks in 1992, until the Federal Administrative Court of Germany repealed this disciplinary punishment after one year.

[1] Opposing weapons of mass destruction and the primary usage of military means to solve conflicts, Prieß co-founded the Darmstädter Signal in 1983 and served as the working group's speaker during the following years, except a brief pause from 1996 until 1997.

[4] In 1984, a physician of IPPNW labelled soldiers as potential murderers (German: "Jeder Soldat ist ein potentieller Mörder ..."[5]) in a public debate about the threat of a nuclear war.

Courts in Frankfurt rejected charges against the physician in the following years, harshly criticised as "irresponsible verdict" (German: "Das Urteil ist unverantwortlich.")