Aloysius Paul Grafenberger

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Aloysius Paul Grafenberger (born September 1, 1901 in Wiesbaden ; † January 8, 1966 in Frankfurt ) was pastor of the communities of Rembrücken and Hainhausen (Hesse) from 1937 to 1966 , as well as chaplain in Offenbach am Main , Mainz , Mühlheim and Bingen . Different spellings can be found on his grave Aloys and in various publications Alois .

Registration card of Aloysius Paul Grafenberger as a prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp Dachau

Grafenberger preached during the time of National Socialism about the grievances and injustices, as well as about the war policy of the then regime. In 1942 the Gestapo took him away from the rectory in Hainhausen. After an interrogation in Offenbach, he was brought to the Dachau concentration camp on October 8, 1942, without trial , where he was interned until 1945.

During his ordination, in 1927 in the Cathedral of Mainz is his first Mass -Verse:

You did not choose me, but I chose you and determined that you should arise and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain. Then the Father will give you everything you ask of him in my name (Jn 15:16).

At the time, Aloysius Paul Grafenberger did not yet know what significance this quotation from the Bible would one day have for him.

Today Grafenberger is considered a regional resistance fighter. As a reminder, a street in Hainhausen was named after him and a memorial stone was designed and placed on an outer corner of the Church of the Sacrifice of Mary in Rembrücken. He found his final resting place in the cemetery in Hainhausen.

literature

  • Gregor Schwake: Monk behind barbed wire. Memories of the Dachau concentration camp . Aschendorff publishing house. 2005. ISBN 3402002108
  • Teacher brought Pastor Grafenberger to the concentration camp: Alois Paul Grafenberger preached for the youth and against Nazi war policy; Streets and their namesake in: Offenbach-Post (2005), 195, S.VS 29

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth entry No. 1623 at the Wiesbaden registry office from September 1, 1901
  2. ↑ http://hunde.clickormiss.net/news/20050917/de0_kz.php/qhpnef.html ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://www.stcaecilia.de/weltjugendtag03deutsch.html
personal data
SURNAME Grafenberger, Aloysius Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grafenberger, Alois Paul; Grafenberger, Aloys Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1966
Place of death Frankfurt am Main