Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit

Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit
	Counterpropaganda produced by the KgU- the left is the fake and the right is the original
Formation	1948
Founder	Rainer Hildebrandt; Günther Birkenfeld; Ernst Benda
Dissolved	1959
Type	Resistance group
Purpose	To disrupt Communist activity in East Germany
Location	West Berlin, Germany;
Key people	Ernst Tillich

The Kampfgruppe gegen Unmenschlichkeit (KgU) (German for "Combat Group against Inhumanity") was a German anti-communist resistance group based in West Berlin. It was founded in 1948 by Rainer Hildebrandt, Günther Birkenfeld, and Ernst Benda, and existed until 1959. Hildebrandt would later establish the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

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