Josef Albinger

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Josef Albinger (born December 20, 1911 in Ellers ; † October 26, 1995 ) was a German clergyman, Catholic pastor and a staunch opponent of National Socialism .

Life

Page with sermons from Bishop von Galen

Josef Albinger was born on December 20, 1911 in Ellers (Neuhof). After studying theology at the Philosophical-Theological University of Fulda and being ordained a priest , he worked as a chaplain in Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe) from 1937 and then from March 19, 1940 in Hanau. After collecting and distributing the sermons critical of the NSDAP by the Münster bishop Clemens August von Galen , he was arrested on November 8, 1941 after a house search by the Gestapo . Until February 5, 1942, he was imprisoned in the Frankfurt Gestapo prison on the basis of a protective custody order. From that date until April 4, 1945, he was a prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp . After the end of the Second World War he was, among other things, cathedral chaplain and then from 1950 to 1982 pastor and dean of Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe). Albinger died in 1995. His estate is in the Fulda diocesan archive.

From recorded conversations with him, Günter Sagan created a sound documentation about life in the Dachau concentration camp, for which there are also additional teaching materials for teachers.

Josef Albinger is an honorary citizen of Poppenhausen (Wasserkuppe).

literature

  • Günter Sagan: Pastor Josef Albinger in the Dachau concentration camp , Buchenblätter (local history supplement to the Fuldaer Zeitung) 85, 2012, p. 1 ff., P. 7, p. 9 ff.
  • Bernhard Sacrificemann : The diocese of Fulda in the Third Reich , Fulda, 1987, p. 36 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elmar Schick: Perpetrators and their victims. On the history of the dictatorship of the Third Reich between Rhön and Vogelsberg . Imhof, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86568-961-0 , p. 40: Pastor Josef Albinger (1911–1995) .
  2. ↑ Günter Sagan, Three audio documents on “Fulda in World War II”, teacher information on audio document 1 - Pastor Josef Albinger in the Dachau concentration camp ( memento of the original from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 19, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.medienzentrum-fulda.de
  3. ↑ Names of all clergymen, list - Blessed Dachau concentration camp (accessed on August 19, 2014)
  4. ↑ Inventory list of the Diocesan Archives Fulda (accessed on August 19, 2014)
  5. ↑ Zeitzeugen teachers' booklet ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - medienzentrum-fulda.de (PDF file) (accessed on August 19, 2014) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.medienzentrum-fulda.de
personal data
SURNAME Albinger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman, Catholic pastor and resolute opponent of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellers
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1995