Johannes Heinrichsbauer
Johannes Heinrichsbauer (born August 19, 1888 in Borbeck , today Essen , † August 29, 1956 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a Catholic pastor and opponent of the Nazi regime.
Life
Johannes Heinrichsbauer grew up as the son of a miner and the oldest of ten children in Borbeck. After studying theology in Bonn, he was ordained a priest in 1912. After primary school in his home parish St. Dionysius in Borbeck, he first worked as a chaplain in the parish of St. Josef in Aachen (1912-18), then in the parish of St. Rochus in Düsseldorf (1918-28). From 1928 to 1932 he held the office of diocesan president of the Catholic women's youth. In 1932 Heinrichsbauer took over the Mülheim old town parish of St. Mariae Birth as pastor and was appointed dean of the Mülheim parishes in 1952.
Heinrichsbauer was considered a critic of the Nazi regime and a friend of the Protestant pastor and regime critic Ernst Barnstein . He stood by the persecuted beyond denominational boundaries and offered resistance in everyday life, for example by not raising the swastika flag on the founding day of the Reich in 1939. After 1945 he was an important repute in the denazification process and in individual cases also campaigned for former National Socialists.
literature
- Barbara Kaufhold: Faith under National Socialism in Mülheim an der Ruhr . Edited by the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute . Klartext Verlag Essen, 2006, pp. 253-255.
Other sources
- City Archives Mülheim an der Ruhr, 1550 No. 189
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1440
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrichsbauer, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic pastor and opponent of the Nazi regime |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Borbeck , today Essen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1956 |
| Place of death | Mülheim an der Ruhr |