Josef Ninety
Josef Neunzig (born March 1, 1904 in Bedburg , Erftland , † August 4, 1965 in Nymphenburg ) was a German priest in the Diocese of Trier . During the time of National Socialism he was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp .
Life
Ninety, the son of a newspaper publisher and book printer owner, was gifted as a journalist. He entered the Trier seminary and initially studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Trier Theological Faculty . He then studied economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and Caritas Science at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg . From 1924 he was a member of the Catholic student association KDStV Ripuaria Bonn . Later he became a member of the KDStV Hohenstaufen Freiburg.
In March 1932, the Trier bishop Franz Rudolf Bornewasser consecrated him as a priest. As a chaplain and youth chaplain in the Eifel, his attitude critical of the regime displeased the National Socialist state and his permission to give religious instruction was withdrawn, and later he had to leave the diocese of Trier. He was arrested at his new place of work in Dortmund on August 23, 1941, because he had given Polish forced laborers too much help and sympathy.
From October 18, 1941 to April 8, 1944 he was held in the Dachau concentration camp. There he lived in pastor's block 26, room 2.
In 1945 he returned to his parish vicarie Halver , but in 1946 he moved back to the diocese of Trier, where he took over the parish of St. Aloisius in Herdorf on March 30, 1948 . In 1956, due to his poor health from the concentration camp, he went to the smaller and quieter pastor's office in Bad Bertrich .
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit, 1st Class (April 8, 1957)
- Spiritual Council ( Diocese of Trier )
literature
- Maurus Münch: Among 2579 priests in Dachau ; Trier 1970 2 ; Pp. 114-121
- Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Neunzig, Josef , In: Personalitäten des Kreis Cochem-Zell, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 260.
Web links
- Entry for Josef Neunzig in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ninety, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic priest and persecuted by National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bedburg , Erftland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th August 1965 |
| Place of death | Nymphenburg |