Hubert Berger
Hubert Berger (born October 6, 1889 in the Bergisches Land, in Furth, municipality of Olpe (today part of Wipperfürth , Oberbergischer Kreis ); † November 30, 1948 in Grevenbroich ) was a Catholic clergyman and a victim of National Socialism .
Berger studied Catholic theology in Bonn and Freiburg im Breisgau , where he joined the Hercynia Freiburg student union in 1911 . In 1915 he was ordained a priest in Cologne . After positions as chaplain in Rheydt and Aachen , he took up a pastor's position in Otzenrath in 1931 . On September 22, 1941, Berger was arrested there by the Gestapo for abusing the pulpit and imprisoned in Düsseldorf. From December 16, he was interned in the pastors' block of the Dachau concentration camp without a judgment until the camp was liberated by American troops on April 4, 1945. The conditions of detention had ruined Berger's health. He died on November 30, 1948 in Grevenbroich.
In 1999, the Catholic Church accepted Hubert Berger as a witness of faith in the German martyrology of the 20th century .
literature
- Society for Student History and Student Customs V. Munich (Hrsg.): Resistance and persecution in CV, p. 58, 1st edition, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-922-485-01-4 .
- Helmut Moll (Ed. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference): Witnesses for Christ. The German Martyrology of the 20th Century , Paderborn a. a. 1999, 7th revised and updated edition 2019, ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 , Volume I, pp. 4–8.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic priest and Nazi victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grevenbroich |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1948 |
| Place of death | Grevenbroich |