Aurelius Arkenau

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Memorial plaque in Wahren

Aurelius Maria Arkenau OP (born January 7, 1900 in Essen / Oldenburg as Joseph August Arkenau ; † October 19, 1991 in Bedburg-Kirchherten ) was a German Dominican priest and opponent of the Nazi regime .

From 1940 to 1946 he was pastor and superior of the Dominican convent of the Dominican monastery of St. Albert in Leipzig. From 1942 to 1945 he hid deserters, forced laborers , Jews and communists in the monastery or in his own parsonage and arranged medical help and false passports. He was honored as Righteous Among the Nations on August 5, 1999 by the Israeli Yad Vashem Memorial .

The guest house of the new monastery building was named after him in his honor, as was the central square at the Wahren town hall near the monastery. A plaque commemorates the courageous religious on the house where he was born across from the church in Essen .

literature

  • Helmut Warmbier & Ingo Seidel (editor): Pater Aurelius Arkenau OP. Testimonials and reports about an intrepid helper in need in Leipzig-Wahren. Edited by the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Leipzig City Council. 3rd edition Leipzig 2002.
  • Rainer-Maria Groothuis: Father Aurelius Arkenau OP. Commitment to the persecuted. In: Clergy and Gestapo. Clergy between state omnipotence and ecclesiastical hierarchy. Edited by Joachim Kuropka. Münster 2004, pp. 255–283. ISBN 3-8258-8115-6
  • Hartmut Felsberg:  Arkenau, Aurelius Maria. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 30, Bautz, Nordhausen 2009, ISBN 978-3-88309-478-6 , Sp. 48-66.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Monastery, Convent & Church of St. Albert Leipzig-Wahren | History of the Dominicans in Leipzig Website of the monastery. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Arkenau, Aurelius (1900-1991) - Dominican priest in Leipzig. Website leipzig-lexikon.de. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Israel posthumously honors Dominican Father Aurelius Arkenau: Award. Website tdh-online.de. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Arkenau, Aurelius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arkenau, Aurelius Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Dominican priest and opponent of the Nazi regime
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Essen / Oldenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1991
Place of death Bedburg-Kirchherten