Gustav Manitius

Gustav Manitius (born February 7, 1880 in Konstantynów , Poland ; † January 30, 1940 in Posen ) was a Lutheran theologian, senior spiritual leader of the Wielkopolska diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland and a victim of National Socialism .

Live and act

Gustav (Polish: Gustaw ) Manitius was born the son of pastor Sigismund Manitius and grandson of general superintendent Karl Gustav Manitius . He completed his theology studies at the University of Dorpat , where he was ordained to the ministry on February 10, 1907 .

Manitius worked from 1907 to 1909 as a vicar at the St. Trinity Church in Łódź , where he also taught at the Łódź German Gymnasium , and from 1909 to 1910 in Zdunska-Wola . From 1911 to 1924 he also worked as a pastor in Zdunska-Wola. There was also a Polish minority in the predominantly German community at the time.

During the First World War, Manitius had a difficult time facing (the Reich German ) political authorities, especially on the school issue. For the city of Zdunska-Wola he developed a lively activity, both in the city council and in founding the grammar school.

From 1924 to 1939 Gustav Manitius was pastor of the newly founded Polish-speaking Lutheran congregation in Poznan, from 1925 also administrator of the also newly founded Polish-speaking Lutheran Christ-Savior church in Bromberg, and from 1937 to 1939 as a senior the spiritual head of the Wielkopolska diocese of the Evangelical Augsburg Church in Poland.

During the German occupation of Poland , he was arrested by the Gestapo on October 9, 1939 and incarcerated in the Poznan prison at ul. Młynska (Mühlen Street). After his interrogation on October 14, 1939, he was taken to the infamous Fort VII of the Poznań Fortress. According to Polish reports, he was dragged out of his cell and beaten to death with sticks by drunken SS and self-protection men on January 30, 1940, who celebrated the 7th anniversary of the National Socialist “ seizure of power ”.

literature

Eduard Kneifel : The pastors of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church in Poland. A biographical pastor's book. Eging 1968.

Remarks

↑ Olgierd Kiec, The Protestant Churches in the Poznań Voivodeship 1918–1939 [= Kościoły ewangelickie w Wielkopolsce wobec kwestii narodowościowej w latach 1918-1939, Warszawa: Upowszechnianie Nauki Oświata, 1995, ISBN 83-85618-21-X618-21 ; German], Siegfried Schmidt (ex.), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998, (sources and studies, German Historical Institute Warsaw / Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie ; vol. 8), p. 38f. ISBN 3-447-04030-0 .

personal data
SURNAME	Manitius, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	February 7, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Konstantynów , Poland
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1940
Place of death	Poses

[1] Olgierd Kiec, The Protestant Churches in the Poznań Voivodeship 1918–1939 [= Kościoły ewangelickie w Wielkopolsce wobec kwestii narodowościowej w latach 1918-1939, Warszawa: Upowszechnianie Nauki Oświata, 1995, ISBN 83-85618-21-X618-21 ; German], Siegfried Schmidt (ex.), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1998, (sources and studies, German Historical Institute Warsaw / Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny w Warszawie ; vol. 8), p. 38f. ISBN 3-447-04030-0 .