Alexander Dornhof
Alexander Dornhof (* 1891 in Zug , Marxowski rajon , Russian Empire ; † November 1, 1937 in the Gulag Solowezki Islands , Arkhangelsk Oblast , Soviet Union ) was a Catholic diocesan priest of the Tiraspol diocese from the German minority.
Zug was a village of the Volga Germans . After studying theology at the seminary in Saratov Alexander Dornhof received the 1917 ordination . He worked in Zug until 1919 and then in Dehler (Ukrainian: Березовка, about 40 km south of Saratow) until 1923. In that year he became pastor of Rohleder in today's Marxowski rajon . On March 12, he was arrested on the pretext of belonging to a group of priests conspirators. As a result, on April 20, 1930, he was sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp. This sentence was converted to prison and he was sent to the Solovetsky Islands.
In 1937 he was sentenced to death in a secret trial and executed on November 1 of this year in prison on the Solovetsky Islands.
He was accepted as a witness of faith in the German martyrology of the 20th century .
Web links
- Aleander Dornhof , short curriculum vitae with pictures and information on further literature
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Dornhof, Alexander , collection of biographies at the Volga German Institute at Fairfield University , accessed on April 10, 2019
- ^ Martyrs from the Communist era , accessed April 9, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dornhof, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Volga German Catholic martyr and victim of Stalinism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zug , Marxowski rajon , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1937 |
| Place of death | Gulag Solovetsky Islands , Arkhangelsk Oblast , Soviet Union |