Hans Faber (resistance fighter)

Johannes Friedrich Faber (born December 15, 1900 in Börtlingen , † August 18, 1958 in Schöntal ) was a Protestant pastor and religion teacher who resisted during the Nazi dictatorship in Heidenheim .

Life

Youth and family

Johannes Faber was born to Theodor Faber, a Protestant pastor, and Clara Faber. He was the oldest of five children. He attended elementary school in Faurndau and the secondary school in Göppingen . On November 6, 1943, Faber married Lieselotte Ebinger. The couple had no children.

Working life

Before the Nazi dictatorship

Johannes Faber attended the evangelical seminar in Maulbronn . During the First World War , Faber had to take an “emergency school leaving examination” because he was drafted as a soldier for a few more months. After the First World War he began to study theology in Tübingen . He then became city vicar in Stuttgart . From 1924 Faber taught Protestant religious studies at the Reutlinger Gymnasium . In addition to his work as a religion teacher, he was represented in various church offices, where he often operated with young people. In 1930 he had problems with the school administration for the first time because he is said to have talked derogatory about the ideology of National Socialism .

Johannes Faber at work

During the Nazi dictatorship

Faber was very faithful to the gospel and made a pledge of allegiance during his exam sermon. He did not want to organize religious instruction in schools according to the specifications of the state, but according to the specifications of the church. This brought him into trouble with the Nazi dictatorship. He also encouraged the students to join the Church Youth and not the Hitler Youth . He also refused the Heil Hitler salute and participation in National Socialist teachers' meetings. After Hitler came to power , Faber was monitored more closely.

In 1935 the ministerial department for the higher schools made the first accusations. After further arguments with the director about Faber's behavior with regard to National Socialism, he was suspended from duty for two months. On October 25, 1935, Johannes Faber was forcibly transferred to the Horst Wessel School in Heidenheim . At a parents' meeting in 1937, he contradicted his director Honold in Heidenheim. He defended the Jews and called them children of God. He was also accused that his political attitude did not guarantee to provide a National Socialist upbringing. Furthermore, Faber is said to have made derogatory remarks about the measures taken by the state at the time. On September 21, 1937, Faber's right to teach was officially revoked. He was retired on February 15, 1939. An important reason for this was the spectacular parents' meeting in 1937. On September 27, 1939, Faber decided to enter the service of the Church.

After the end of the Nazi dictatorship

After the war, Faber was employed at the seminary in Maulbronn. After a month he was transferred to the Schöntal monastery , where he took over the management of an Ephorus' business in the Protestant seminary . Johannes Faber stayed in Schöntal until his death.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Short biography in: Nora Andrea Schulze (Ed.): Responsibility for the Church III. Stenographic notes and transcripts from Regional Bishop Hans Meiser 1933–1955. Vol. 3: 1937. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010, ISBN 9783647557656 , p. 1012
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Manfred Tiemann: Courageous protest against Nazi dictatorship . Benz printing company, Giengen 1997
3. ↑ ^{a b} Heiner Kleinschmidt, Jürgen Bohnert: Heidenheim between the swastika and the Heidenkopf . Publisher Hans-Joachim Kopp, Heidenheim 1983
4. ^ ^{A b} Nora Andrea Schulze: Responsibility for the Church. 3rd volume , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011