Maksymilian Raszeja

The house in which M. Raszeja was born in Chełmno

Maksymilian Raszeja (German Max Raszeja ; born March 10, 1889 in Culm (Chełmno), West Prussia ; † October 20, 1939 (shot) in Dirschau (Tczew), West Prussia) was a Roman Catholic priest , member of the district council and professor at the Pelplin seminary .

Life

The father Ignacy Raszeja was the chief postman, the mother was Julianna née Cichoń. Brother Franciszek Raszeja became a doctor and hospital director and saved the lives of many Jewish citizens, Leon Raszeja became the city president of Toruń.

Maksymilian Raszeja (there Max Raszeja ) attended high school in Culm and graduated from high school in 1907. He then went to the seminary in Pelplin and was ordained a priest there in 1912.

Raszeja became a priest at the St. Brigit's Church in Gdansk. From 1913 he studied at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and received his doctorate there in 1915.

He returned to Gdansk and was, among other things, a religion teacher at the Victoria School . Raszeja became a chaplain in the German army during World War I and also looked after Polish prisoners of war in Gdansk.

After the war, Maksymilian Raszeja became pastor in Śliwice near Tuchola. Since 1921 he was a member of the district council of Tuchola (Tuchel) and a member of the executive body of the district.

In 1926 Dr. Maksymilian Raszeja was appointed professor of moral theology at the seminary in Pelplin, where he also taught sociology. In 1928 he became a member of the cathedral chapter there .

After the German invasion of Poland , Raszeja was arrested on September 12, 1939. On October 20, he was shot with other Pelplin cathedral capitulars, teachers and clergy.

His remains were found in 1945 and buried in a communal grave.

Web links

• Maksymilian Raszeja Chełmno.info (German)
• Literature by Maksymilian Raszeja at WorldCat