His father was Protestant minister at James Church in
Memel. Neither of his parents survived World War II. Atrott was the founder and first president of the German society for voluntary euthanasia (D.G.H.S.) then based in
Augsburg,
Bavaria, and former secretary (executive director) of the
World Federation of Right to Die Societies. He introduced
living wills ("Patientenverfügungen") in Germany and was the first to promote
voluntary euthanasia after
World War II within
Germany. He self-published his theories in his books "Jesus' Bluff - The universal Scandal of the World (M. Magnes)", in 2009 and in 2015 "Cross and Crime - Jesus Came to Crucify the World (The Gospel of Philip)." Both books have been translated into Spanish, the latter, in addition, into French. From 1978 until his death, he was married to
Anita Atrott (born 7 March 1958). Atrott left Germany in 1995. He was a father and grandfather. Depending on the seasons of a year, towards the end of his life, he shared his time between
Klaipéda, (
Lithuania),
Los Gigantes (
Spain) and
Switzerland, where his descendants also live. He died in 2018. ==References==