Albert Hirsch (clergyman)

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Albert Hirsch grave in Borzysławiec
Memorial plaque of the martyrs of the Nazi era in the crypt of the Saint Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin-Mitte

Albert Robert Hirsch (born August 7, 1894 in Charlottenburg , † August 22, 1944 in Gollnow ) was a German Catholic clergyman, resister and victim of National Socialism .

Life

His parents were the railway workers Joseph Ferdinand Hirsch and Helene Elisabeth Hirsch. He volunteered in the First World War, during which he was wounded in Flanders, after which he studied theology in Breslau and was ordained a priest on June 19, 1921. As a chaplain, he worked in Luckenwalde and Berlin, and from January 14, 1926 to November 25, 1929 in Frankfurt (Oder). Hirsch was humble and a popular pastor. He took care of farmers and sick and unbaptized children. Hirsch avoided state gatherings, did not return the party salute, and listened to prohibited radio stations. Because of this, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and brought before a special court.

At the time of his arrest he was a chaplain in Luisenthal , Naugard district . He was sentenced to four years in prison for "disseminating hostile news", but then succumbed to the consequences of imprisonment in the nearby Gollnow prison on August 22, 1944.

Appreciation

In 1999 the Catholic Church accepted Albert Hirsch into the German martyrology of the 20th century as a witness of faith .

literature

  • Klausener, Lichtenberg, Lampert, Lorenz, Simoleit, Mandrella, Hirsch, Wachsmann, Metzger, Schäfer, Willimsky, Lenzel, Froehlich: martyrs of the diocese of Berlin. More-Verlag, 1952, page 107 ff.
  • Helmut Moll (Ed. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference): Witnesses for Christ. The German martyrology of the 20th century . Paderborn u. a. 1999. 7th revised and updated edition 2019. ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 . Vol. IS 126-128.

Web links

Commons : Albert Hirsch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klausener, Lichtenberg, Lampert, Lorenz, Simoleit, Mandrella, Hirsch, Wachsmann, Metzger, Schäfer, Willimsky, Lenzel, Froehlich: martyrs of the diocese of Berlin. More-Verlag, 1952, page 111.
  2. ^ Antonia Röhm, Hanna Schneider, Anne Wanitschek: Stolpersteine ​​in Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice . No. 1 . Institute for Applied History - Society and Science in Dialogue eV in cooperation with the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) 2009 ( juedischesfrankfurtvirtuell.de [PDF; 845 kB ]).
  3. ↑ Gerhard Fischer: Antifascist Legacy, Myth or Order ?: Lessons from the resistance of Christians in Germany. Union Verlag, 1986, page 73.
  4. ↑ Gerhard Fischer: Antifascist Legacy, Myth or Order ?: Lessons from the resistance of Christians in Germany. Union Verlag, 1986, page 82.
personal data
SURNAME Hirsch, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hirsch, Albert Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman and victim of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlottenburg
DATE OF DEATH August 22, 1944
Place of death Gollnow