Franz Werner Bobe
Franz Werner Bobe OMelit. (* February 22, 1902 in Höckendorf ; † April 16, 1947 in Prague ) was a Catholic religious priest ( Order of Malta ) and prior of the Convention of Malta in Prague.
Life
Franz Werner Bobe, comes from a German-Czech family, began after the study of philosophy and theology in Halle , Würzburg , Rome and Vienna , the novitiate in the convent of the Order of Malta in Prague and received the 1932 ordination . From 1933 to 1937 he was a chaplain in Prague. in September 1939 he became prior of the Prague Convention of Malta, but after the protest of Archbishop Cardinal Karel Kašpar in Rome, who accused him of intrigue , he was recalled. After Kašpar's death on April 21, 1941, Bobe was re-confirmed as prior.
In the time of National Socialism , Bobe worked with the Gestapo , which had set up its central "church department" in Prague, and the SD , was under -man of the head of the church department of the Gestapo Kurt Oberhauser and developed expert reports on church issues. He caused the death of several people. After the war he was arrested and sentenced to death by the Extraordinary People's Court in Prague and executed in Prague's Pankrác prison .
literature
- Martin Zückert, Laura Hölzlwimmer (ed.): Religion in the Bohemian countries 1938–1948. Dictatorship, war and social change as challenges for religious life and church organization. Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58375-5 , p. 153 ( publications by the Collegium Carolinum 115).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bobe, Franz Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic religious priest, Prior of the Maltese Convention in Prague |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Höckendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1947 |
| Place of death | Prague |