Johann Furch

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Johann Furch (* 1890 in Krasna , Bessarabia , Russian Empire ; † February 19, 1930 in the Gulag BelBaltLag ) was a Roman Catholic diocesan priest of the Tiraspol diocese from the German minority in Bessarabia.

Kopp was born in the village of Krasna in Budschak, which is inhabited by Bessarabian Germans . After studying theology Johann Furch 1,918 received in Saratov the priesthood . In 1921 he was pastor in Emmental ( Odessa Oblast ). From February 1923 to 1928 he headed the parish Selz (today part of Lymanske ). There he was arrested by the secret police on October 23, 1928 for being a Catholic priest. Between 1929 and 1937 all Volga German and Ukrainian priests were arrested and imprisoned for their beliefs. Only two survived this wave of arrests. On June 10, 1929, the secret police ordered him to be sentenced to five years in a labor camp. He was deported to the gulag BelBaltLag and placed under the camp administration there, which obliged him to do forced labor in the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal .

Due to the inhumane conditions there, he died in the Gulag on February 19, 1930 at the age of 40.

As a witness of faith he was accepted into the German martyrology of the 20th century .

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  1. ↑ a b c d Helmut Moll (ed. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference): Witnesses for Christ. The German martyrology of the 20th century. 5th revised and updated edition Paderborn u. a., p. 932
  2. ↑ Helmut Moll (ed. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference): Witnesses for Christ. The German martyrology of the 20th century. 5th revised and updated edition Paderborn u. a., p. 920
  3. ^ Martyrs from the Communist era , accessed April 9, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Furch, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic martyr and victim of Stalinism
DATE OF BIRTH 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasna , Bessarabia
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1930
Place of death Gulag BelBaltLag