Ewald Dittmann

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Memorial stone in Süderhastedt

Ewald Dittmann (born May 11, 1877 , † April 20, 1945 Kiel-Russee ) was a German Protestant pastor , resistance fighter against National Socialism and a member of the Confessing Church .

Life

Dittmann acquired after attending the elementary school , the university and studied Protestant theology . After placing the Second Theological exam , he was appointed pastor ordained and took over the pastorate of Galmsbüll . From there he moved to Süderhastedt in Dithmarschen in 1932 . After the transfer of power to the NSDAP , he joined the Confessing Church and thus drew the attention of the Gestapo to his public work. In his sermons he repeatedly alluded to the so-called millennial kingdom and the Führer, emphasizing that only God's kingdom is eternal and that Jesus Christ alone is Lord. In March 1945 he was arrested for “ behavior contrary to the community ” and sent to the “ Nordmark Labor Education Camp ”, where he had to do forced labor . He died there shortly before the liberation.

Aftermath

source

  • Wilhelm Halfmann : memorial service for the funeral of Pastor Ewald Dittmann. 1958 , in: ders .: Sermons, speeches, essays, letters. Compiled from the estate and edited by Wilhelm Otte, Karl Hauschildt and Eberhard Schwarz , ed. by Johann Schmidt , Kiel 1964, pp. 100-103.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Bielfeldt : Der Kirchenkampf in Schleswig-Holstein , Göttingen 1964, p. 195: “The hardest hit by the party was Pastor Ewald Dittmann-Süderhastedt, who, by the way, was not a member of the BK and had stayed out of the church disputes. But he had protested against unjust measures by the party, the local group leadership of his village, as he otherwise openly expressed his opinion. He was taken to the concentration camp and found his death there, nobody knows how. "
  2. ↑ In memory of a martyr (shz.de, May 8, 2010 (accessed April 12, 2016))
  3. ↑ http://www.kirche-christen-juden.org/ausstellung/inhalt/zeiten/tab_1945.html Retrieved July 2, 2011
  4. ↑ http://www.kirche-dithmarschen.de/gemeinden/suederhastedt/  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 2, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kirche-dithmarschen.de  
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personal data
SURNAME Dittmann, Ewald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant theologian and member of the Confessing Church
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1877
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1945
Place of death Kiel-Russee