Franz Weinmann

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Franz Weinmann (born January 3, 1909 in Deilingen ; † November 15, 1996 in Wittichen Monastery ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman who was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp from 1942 to 1945 .

Live and act

Weinmann was born in 1909 in the Swabian town of Deilingen, grew up in Hinterzarten , attended grammar school in Freiburg and studied Catholic theology in Freiburg and Innsbruck . In 1933 he was ordained a priest in the seminary of St. Peter. Even as a chaplain in Mannheim , he was particularly dedicated to youth work and was known for his courageous and fearless actions.

That soon became his undoing, because he was arrested in Mannheim in solitary confinement , as he did not mince words to the National Socialists either. Then followed (after several intermediate stops: Bruchsal , Stuttgart , Ulm , Ingolstadt ) another three years of concentration camp in the pastor's block of the notorious Dachau concentration camp, where it was only liberated in 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed .

Weinmann worked from April 1945 to 1957 in the parish of Heiligenzell near Lahr, from 1957 to 1979 he was pastor and dean in Hausach im Kinzigtal, from 1979 until his death in 1996 he was a pensioner in Schenkenzell / Wittichen Monastery.

Works

  • Unexpected encounter with Christ - Una sancta catholica - The Song of Songs of Love - Apocalyptic Horsemen , in: Konrad Hofmann, Reinhold Schneider , Erik Wolf (eds.): Sieger in Fesseln. Testimonies to Christ from camps and prisons ( Das christliche Deutschland 1933–1945 , Gemeinschaftliche Reihe, Issue 1) , Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder 1947, pp. 96–103.
  • A visitation. Pastoral letters from exile (Dachau records 1942–1945) , Mannheim: Stadtdekanat 1996; also reprinted in: Journal of the Church History Association for History, Church Art, Antiquity and Literature Studies of the Archdiocese of Freiburg with consideration of the neighboring dioceses 90 (1970) 154–197 (available online) .

literature

  • Fate of Catholic clergy in the Archdiocese of Freiburg in the Third Reich. Reprint , from: Freiburg Diocesan Archives 90 (1970) (available online)
  • Eike Lossin: Catholic clergy in National Socialist concentration camps. Piety between adaptation, command and resistance , Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "A Visitation". Franz Weinmann: a priest has lost his "temporality" in the concentration camp.  ( 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. New citizen newspaper. February 1, 2015, accessed February 23, 2018.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / xn--neuebrgerzeitung-nzb.de  
  2. ^ Michaela Keller: Episode 38: De Stadtpfarrer Weinmann. Bathing online . September 13, 2009, accessed February 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Commemoration for Pastor Franz Weinmann, former concentration camp inmate. Memorial site association Gäu Neckar Alb. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Weinmann, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest and dean
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Deilingen
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1996
Place of death Wittichen Monastery