Leo Wolfen

Leo Bernhard Wolfen (born March 25, 1901 in Barmen ; † February 24, 1988 in Gelsenkirchen-Horst ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman, author and persecuted by National Socialism .

Life

Wolfen was ordained a priest in 1926 and worked from 1931 to January 16, 1938 as a chaplain at the Siegburg parish of Sankt Anno. In March 1937 he was arrested by the Gestapo (in an ideological conflict with the National Socialist school principal) and taken to the Klingelpütz prison in Cologne . By order of March 15, he was taken into protective custody. Wolfen's example of resistance was continued by his spiritual brother and Siegburg successor Raymund Lohausen . Next, it is known that he was pastor in Münchenbernsdorf in Thuringia from 1943 to 1945 as part of the "emigrated pastoral care" , then rectorate pastor in the miners' parish of St. Hedwig in Essen-Altenessen (today part of the parish of St. Johann Baptist) until 1947 . Apparently he went back to Münchenbernsdorf (today part of the parish of St. Marien in Weida ) until his retirement , as many Catholics who had been expelled from the east came there and needed pastoral care. He died in old age in the Ruhr area.

Works

• The highest truth. Readings on the basic universal law of love. Bachem, Cologne 1947 (137 pages).
• Daily rhyme prayers to pray and sing. Schmitt, Siegburg 1948.
• as publisher: Family prayers in the spirit of the holiness of the weekday. Schmitt, Siegburg 1948.
• Intercession with the holy sacrifice. Schmitt, Siegburg 1948.
• Rosary School. Harger and Höser, Weimar 1949; 3rd edition, Benno, Leipzig 1961 (38 pages).
• Rhyme catechism. Schmitt, Siegburg 1950.
• Biblical question game. 1. Old Testament. 2. New Testament. Text book. Christophorus, Freiburg / Benno, Leipzig 1957.
• Catechetical question game. Christophorus, Freiburg 1959.
• Lithurgical question game. Christophorus, Freiburg 1959.
• Joke pharmacy, stolen from books and magazines after careful selection and supplemented with your own flashes of thought. Schmitt, Siegburg 1981 (183 pages).

literature

• Ulrich von Hehl : priest under Hitler's terror. A biographical and statistical survey. Grünewald, Mainz 1984.
• Josef Pilvousek : Organization and structure of the "emigrated pastoral care" of the Archdiocese of Cologne in Thuringia 1943–1945. In: Heinz Finger, Reimund Haas, Hermann-Josef Scheidgen (Hrsg.): Local Church and Universal Church in History. Cologne Church History between the Middle Ages and the Second Vatican Council. Ceremony for Norbert Trippen on his 75th birthday. Böhlau, Cologne 2011, pp. 491–516, here p. 514.
• Directory for the diocese of Essen. Office and Mass in the year of the Lord 2009. Published on behalf of the Bishop of Essen, Vicariate General, Essen 2008, p. 70 ( PDF; 884 kB ).

Web links

• Ralf Forsbach : Short biography Lohausen with information about Wolfen , accessed on November 7, 2015.
• History of the parish of Weida