Adolf Eisele

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adolf Eisele MAfr (born March 14, 1905 in Sigmaringen ; † March 2, 1978 in Riedlingen ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and religious.

Father Adolf Eisele 1961

Life

After primary school in Sigmaringen, Adolf Eisele attended the mission schools of the White Fathers in Haigerloch and Linz am Rhein , where he graduated from high school in 1924. He studied at the Philosophical-Theological University of the White Fathers in Trier and was ordained a priest in Trier Cathedral in 1931 . He then worked as a teacher and educator in the mission schools of the White Fathers in Rietberg and Großkrotzenburg and then, after studying in London and Frankfurt / M. the state examination for teaching at higher schools.

During the Second World War , Adolf Eisele worked as a pastor in Ulm and Geislingen (Zollernalbkreis) . During his time in Ulm, Father Eisele had a great influence on a group of high school students who later became known as "Ulm high school graduates" because they sympathized with the group around the Scholl siblings and distributed the White Rose leaflets in Stuttgart. Since regular religious instruction in school rooms had been banned in 1941, they came to Father Eisele, who offered voluntary religious instruction in the merchant's home and who was also critical of National Socialism. He taught z. B. with texts by Thomas von Aquin and discussed critical texts such as B. the sermons directed against Nazi euthanasia by the Münster bishop, Clemens August Graf von Galen . In his comprehensive article on the resistance of the "Ulm high school graduates" Michael Kuckenburg writes:

"The most important reference person for her was Adolf Eisele (1905-1978), Father of the Missionary Order of the“ White Fathers ”: He gave voluntary religious instruction in the merchant's home (regular classrooms were banned in 1941). Eisele worked in two ways: He discussed with them Texts critical to young people during the Nazi era, e.g. Thomas Aquinas; he was particularly impressed by his personality, his determination and his courage: 'Pater Eisele was one of the most essential people I have ever met' (Heinz Brenner "In the midst of the victories, we received the antidote from Eisele" (Franz Müller). "Our distance from the system of that time grew out of this religious attitude" (Walter Hetzel). "

After the war, Adolf Eisele worked as a teacher and leader in the order's own schools and dormitories in Großkrotzenburg, Rietberg and Amberg . In 1966 he went to the high school for the Ostpriesthilfe in Königstein im Taunus . From 1969 he performed pastoral services in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart , most recently in the parish of Neufra . Father Eisele died in Riedlingen in 1978 and is buried in Haigerloch.

literature

  • Benedikt Pfister : "Stand up to the Nazis!" The Ulm high school graduates under National Socialism , Saarbrücken 2008
  • Heinz A.Brenner: Against it. Report on the resistance of students of the Humanist High School Ulm / Donau against the German National Socialist dictatorship. Roth, Leutkirch 1992. ISBN 3-9800035-4-X
  • Michael Kuckenburg: That gave us opposition. in: teaching practice. Supplement to "Education and Science" by the Baden-Württemberg Education and Science Union, issue No. 5, September 20, 2013, ISSN 0178-0786, pp. 1–7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Kuckenburg: This gave us opposition. in: teaching practice. Supplement to "Education and Science" by the Baden-Württemberg Education and Science Union, issue No. 5, September 20, 2013, ISSN 0178-0786, pp. 1–7
  2. ↑ Heinz A. Brenner: Against it. Report on the resistance of students of the Humanist High School Ulm / Donau against the German National Socialist dictatorship . Roth, Leutkirch 1992, pp. 9-16 and 20-29
  3. ↑ Civil courage is his strength Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schwaebische.de
  4. ↑ Michael Kuckenburg: This gave us opposition. in: teaching practice. Supplement to "Education and Science" by the Baden-Württemberg Education and Science Union, Issue No. 5, September 20, 2013, ISSN 0178-0786, p. 6
personal data
SURNAME Eisele, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1978
Place of death Riedlingen