Ewald Huth

Ewald Huth (born January 11, 1890 in Hersfeld , † November 1, 1944 in Stuttgart ) was a German choir director and organist at the Villinger Münster . He publicly warned against National Socialism and was sentenced to death for undermining military strength and executed. His fellow prisoners called him Papa Huth because of his caring behavior .

Honors

In 1999, the Catholic Church accepted Ewald Huth as a martyr in the German Martyrology of the 20th Century .
Ewald-Huth-Strasse in Villingen
Ewald-Huth-Saal in the Münsterzentrum , the community center belonging to the Villinger Münster

Ewald Huth: Resistance based on a religious principle; Born in Bad Hersfeld, executed in Stuttgart , with a foreword by the President of the Landtag, Camill Wurz , publisher: Landtag Baden-Württemberg, 1972 ( DNB dataset )
Uwe Schellinger: Ewald Huth (1890-1944) , in: Witnesses for Christ. The German Martyrology of the 20th Century , ed. by Helmut Moll on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference, Paderborn et al. 1999, 7th revised and updated edition 2019, pp. 296–299.
Uwe Schellinger: Huth, Ewald (1890-1944) , in: Badische Biographien NF V (2005) pp. 129–131 ( E-Text )

personal data
SURNAME	Huth, Ewald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German organist and choir director, victim of the Nazi justice system
DATE OF BIRTH	January 11, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Hersfeld
DATE OF DEATH	November 1, 1944
Place of death	Stuttgart