Born 27 March 1921, Ehrlich fled Nazi Germany for Switzerland in June 1943, using a false passport. From 1961 to 1994, he was European director of the Jewish organisation
B'nai B'rith. He was an adviser to German Cardinal
Augustin Bea at the
Second Vatican Council in preparing "
Nostra aetate", a key document on
Roman Catholic-Jewish relations. He died at his home in
Riehen, a suburb of
Basel. ==Translations of works to English==