Jürgen Grässlin

Jürgen Grässlin (born September 18, 1957 in Lörrach) is a German teacher, journalist and peace activist, who rejects the use of violence.

In 1978 his studies were interrupted as Grässlin was conscripted for military service, which ended after five months officially for health reasons.

He started teaching at a Realschule, a German type of secondary school, in 1982.

Moving to Freiburg, the RIO changed into RüstungsInformationsBüro (RIB), which was co-founded by Grässlin himself, in 1992.

In February 2023, Grässlin was one of the initial signers of Manifest für Frieden, a petition to Olaf Scholz calling for an end to military support to Ukraine in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.