. . . . "1955-12-18Z"^^ . . "1955Z"^^ . "Thomas Kretschmer (born 18 December 1955) is a German self-taught artist, specialising in carved wood \"picture-images\" (Bildschnitzer).Before and during 1989 he was a Christian civil rights activist and pacifist who received disproportionate attention from the security services over many years. At various points between 1973 and 1985 he was held as a Political prisoner in the German Democratic Republic."@en . "Thomas Kretschmer"@en . . .