Johann Bergmann (priest)
Johann Bergmann (born May 9, 1887 in Unghausen near Burghausen , † December 3, 1958 ) was a German Roman Catholic priest.
Career
Bergmann was a pastor in Aicha vorm Wald towards the end of the Second World War . On the night of April 19-20, 1945, he stood up against SS men at Nammering train station to rescue a transport of half-starved prisoners from Buchenwald concentration camp . He managed to get the transport leader, SS-Obersturmführer Hans Merbach , to refrain from further executions and collected food for the prisoners.
After the war he became dean and pastor in Simbach am Inn .
Honors
- 1956: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- International Buchenwald Committee, Committee of the Antifascist Resistance Fighters of the German Democratic Republic (Ed.): Buchenwald, warning and obligation , Kongress-Verlag, 1961
- Dachau terminus: the death train from Buchenwald , Verein For example Dachau , 2003
Web links
Bergmann's report to the American command and proclamation of April 22, 1945 , accessed on December 27, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergmann, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mehring (Upper Bavaria) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 1958 |