Ernst Orphal

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Ernst Orphal (born June 20, 1890 in Eisleben , † January 10, 1943 ) was a German Protestant theologian and participant in the German resistance against National Socialism .

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Ernst Orphal was born as the son of a Protestant pastor in Eisleben. After graduating from high school, Ernst Orphal studied theology at the universities of Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin from 1910 to 1914 . In December 1914 he was drafted into military service. He took part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and was taken prisoner by the English. After his release he became assistant preacher at the Nicolaikirche in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1920 . In February 1921 he married Dorothea Heuer. In the same year a change of pastor took him to Ratzdorf in the district of Guben until 1928 . From 1928 to 1932 Orphal was pastor in Neutornow near Bad Freienwalde (Oder) .

In July 1932 Ernst Orphal was appointed pastor to the St. Jacobi parish in Sangerhausen . With their now five children, the family moved into the rectory at Am Markt 22.

Soon after 1933 he joined the Confessing Church and took an active part in the fight against the German Christians . In the rectory, where meetings and conventions of the Confessing Church took place, the illegal circular of the Pastors' Emergency Association was also copied. As a result of these activities, Orphal was increasingly hindered in his work as pastor and chairman of the parish council by his superiors. In addition, Ernst Orphal was interrogated and arrested several times by the Gestapo . The rectory was searched repeatedly. On December 28, 1937 he was removed from service by the consistory . Orphal was repeatedly interrogated in the years that followed. He was charged with violating the Treachery Act and criminal investigations were initiated against him.

tomb

On January 10, 1943, Ernst Orphal died weakened by interrogation and imprisonment as well as defamation and harassment in his living environment of kidney failure. He is buried in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.

On November 17, 2000, a plaque in his honor was unveiled by his son Helmut Orphal at the St. Jacobi rectory in Sangerhausen .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Persecution and resistance in Sangerhausen , website of the initiative Erinnern und Gedenken, accessed on November 1, 2012
  2. ↑ Remembrance and Commemoration ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (pdf, 4.8 MByte), pamphlet No. 4 (July 2012), pp. 1–3, accessed on November 1, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot /enken-und-gedenken.de
personal data
SURNAME Orphal, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian and resistance fighter
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1943