Bernhard Marshal

Bernhard Marschall (born December 25, 1888 in Steele an der Ruhr , † June 22, 1963 in Cologne ) was a Catholic pastor and radio officer of the Catholic Church.

Act

Bernhard Marschall was a Catholic pastor in Gruiten from 1934 to 1962 . In 1945 he was able to convince the then German battalion leader Oberleutnant Johannes Baczewski to hand over the village to the Americans without a fight. The destruction of the village and heavy losses of the civilian population could thus be avoided.

On March 1, 1953, he received the honorary citizenship of the community of Gruiten and in the same year the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.

Marschall was the Catholic broadcasting officer of the Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation (NWDR) and gave morning speeches there.

Awards

• Papal secret chamberlain (appointed February 9, 1933)
• Papal house prelate (appointed 1948)
• Honorary citizen of the Gruiten community (conferred on March 1, 1953)
• Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class (awarded in 1953)
• Honorary President for life of the International Catholic Broadcasting Office (ICR) (appointed 1938)
• Honorary Chairman of the Catholic Broadcasting Department in Germany (KRD) (appointed in 1954)
• Dome of Honor at the High Cathedral in Cologne (appointed April 6, 1959)

literature

• Birgit Bernard:  Marshal, Bernhard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 31, Bautz, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8 , Sp. 843-849.
• Hermann-Josef Scheidgen :  Marshal, Bernhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 253 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

• Birgit Bernard: Bernhard Marschall (1888-1963), priest, broadcasting officer of the Catholic Church. In: Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Ed.): Portal Rheinische Geschichte , February 13, 2017.
• Prelate Bernhard Marschall on historisches-dorf-gruiten.de