Ruth von Wild

Ruth von Wild (Barcelona, 3 August 1912 - Thun, 26 April 1983) was a Swiss teacher and activist based in Barcelona, who worked for the organization Ayuda Suiza to help children affected by the Spanish Civil War.

Biography Ruth von Wild was born in Barcelona into a Swiss family. Her father, the engineer Ernest von Wild, was deputy director of the Central Catalana d'Electricitat company, an electricity company with Swiss capital.

Ruth studied French at the University of Neuchâtel and worked as a teacher at the Swiss School in Barcelona, created mainly for the Swiss community who lived permanently in the city.

After World War II, Ruth von Wild continued been involved in solidarity actions. Between 1946 and 1961, as a member of the Swiss Protestant Church Work, she ran a residence for children with disadvantaged conditions in Germany and later, an asylum in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, until 1974.

She died in Thun (Switzerland) in 1983.