Karl Foester

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Karl Föster (born June 3, 1915 in Bad Fredeburg ; † May 5, 2010 in Arnsberg ) was a board member of the Franz Stock Committee , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon and co-author of many books.

Career

Karl Föster was born in Bad Fredeburg in 1915 as one of 11 siblings and lived with his wife in Arnsberg until his death . During the Nazi dictatorship he was a member of the Quickborn , and later also of the Sturmschar . From November 1, 1937 he was a Wehrmacht soldier and later took part in the Second World War. Due to an injury, he was temporarily "unfit for the front" and took his master craftsman examination.

After the war, Föster became a master gardener in the town of Arnsberg, where, among other things, he looked after the Jewish cemetery. Already early after the war he got involved again in the Catholic youth movement. He joined the Pax Christi and campaigned for the advancement of the association as well as in many ways for the reconciliation of Christians and Jews. He has contributed to the documentation of the Arnsberg history workshop "Jews in Arnsberg" with several contributions . In addition, he has published a number of regional historical contributions - often with reference to the Catholic resistance or the youth or peace movement. On November 6, 2006 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon in Arnsberg from the District Administrator of the Hochsauerlandkreis, Karl Schneider . For this honor he was proposed by the board of Pax Christi.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see www.trauer.de
  2. ^ Board of Directors of the Committee
  3. ↑ Westfalenpost of November 7, 2006
  4. ↑ In detail: Hanneli Kaiser-Löffler: Der Kreis Arnsberg . In: Ottilie Knepper-Babilon, Hannelie Kaiser Löffler: Resistance against the National Socialists in the Sauerland , Brilon, 2003, ISBN 3-86133-309-0 , pp. 172-181
  5. ↑ Pax Christi Homepage ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2007 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paxchristi.de
  6. ^ Jews in Arnsberg. A documentation. Arnsberg, 1991. ISBN 3-928394-05-3
  7. ↑ for example Der Borberg In: Yearbook Hochsauerlandkreis 1995 pp. 59–63, Studienrat Dr. Geistreich In: Ibid. 1997 pp. 60-62
  8. ↑ Address by the Mayor of Arnsberg on the occasion of the awarding of the order ( memento of the original of September 28, 2007 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. (PDF; 28 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arnsberg.de
personal data
SURNAME Foester, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German regional historian, Christian functionary
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Fredeburg
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 2010
Place of death Arnsberg