Ernst Karbaum
Ernst Karbaum (born February 4, 1891 in Migehnen (now Polish: Mingajny ) in Warmia ; † December 18, 1940 in Stutthof concentration camp ) was a priest of the Catholic Church .
Life
After graduating from high school in Braunsberg ( Braniewo ), Karbaum attended the seminary. On 3 March 1917 he was Bishop Augustine Bludau for ordained priests . During the First World War he was a paramedic and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class for his services . After his parish vicariate in various parishes, he became superintendent of the orphanage for boys in Gdansk, Old Scotland .
In 1931 he became pastor in Bärwalde ( Niedźwiedzica ) near Steegen, also in the Danzig Free State . There he was very popular and highly regarded as a modest and reserved pastor. Even after the outbreak of the Second World War he remained a pastor there.
After giving consolation and preaching to Polish slave laborers, Ernst Karbaum was imprisoned in the Stutthof concentration camp for high treason . He died there on December 18, 1940 as a result of two days of severe abuse. His body was cremated.
In addition to Karbaum, the victims also included the German pastors Johann Aeltermann , Bruno Binnebesel and Robert Wohlfeil , whose opposition to National Socialism was known even before the war.
Commemoration
A plaque on the Marienkapelle in Söder near Hildesheim gives his name. The Catholic Church accepted Pastor Ernst Karbaum as a witness of faith in the German martyrology of the 20th century .
literature
- Helmut Moll (Ed. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference): Witnesses for Christ. Das deutsche Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhundert , Paderborn et al. 1999, 7th revised and updated edition 2019, Volume I, ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 , pp. 763-765.
See also
Web links
- NN: Sześć godzin na mrozie (Polish). Retrieved January 30, 2013 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karbaum, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic clergyman and Nazi victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Migehnen , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1940 |
| Place of death | Stutthof concentration camp , German Empire |