Max Joseph Greater

Max Joseph Großer SAC (born August 15, 1887 in Hanover , † March 19, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

He grew up in the orphanage of the Vincentians in Döhren-Wülfel . Larger joined the Pallottines in Limburg an der Lahn in 1901 . He attended the Pallottine schools in Vallendar and Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein . In 1905 he began the novitiate in Limburg. He was ordained a priest on July 9, 1911. After further studies at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the University of Münster , he took over lectures on the New Testament and in missiology at the Theological-Philosophical University of his order in Limburg. After receiving his doctorate in 1921 at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , he was General Secretary of the Raphaelswerk , formerly the Raphaelsverein, from 1930 to 1940 in Hamburg. During the National Socialist era, he courageously campaigned for the emigration of Jews. In January 1936 and November 1937 the first house searches by the Gestapo took place at the Raphaelsverein and on December 17, 1937, Großer was captured for the first time. After his release, he traveled again to the Netherlands and Rome to negotiate on behalf of the Jews. During negotiations at the apostolic nunciature and the Brazilian embassy in Berlin, he suddenly died of heart failure on March 19, 1940.

Fonts (selection)

• World politics in the kingdom of God . Secretariat of Social Student Work , Mönchengladbach 1918, OCLC 72516983 .
• The neutrality of the Catholic mission to the Gentiles . Xaverius-Verlag, Aachen 1920, OCLC 313748601 .
• The ideal bases for the death and burial customs of the Bantunegs . Freiburg im Breisgau 1921, OCLC 314813167 (also dissertation, Freiburg im Breisgau 1921).
• Children and children's homes in the diaspora . Bonifatiusverein, Paderborn 1922, OCLC 66150693 .
• A priestly life [Franz Prachar] among emigrants . Fromm, Osnabrück 1928, OCLC 721161467 .
• Raphael Service. A little book for the Catholic emigrant and his friends in church and fatherland . Publishing house of the St. Raphaelsverein, Hamburg 1931, OCLC 248321400 .
• The possibilities of German settlement abroad. Answers to questions about emigration . Zentralverlag, Berlin 1932, OCLC 822619509 .
• Basic questions of German settlement abroad . Caritasverlag, Freiburg 1933, OCLC 315262660 .
• The ecclesiastical and religious situation of Catholics of German origin outside the Reich . Bachem, Cologne 1938, OCLC 721161463 .

literature

• Peter Schmidt-Eppendorf : Father Dr. Max Joseph Großer SAC (1887–1940) in Memoriam, in: Im Strom der Zeit. Essays and lecture transcripts by Msgr. Peter Schmidt-Eppendorf. Celebration for the 85th birthday . (= Nordalbingensia sacra . Volume 12). Matthiesen Verlag, Husum 2016, ISBN 978-3-7868-5112-7 , pp. 123-129.
• Manfred Hermanns : "I want to consume myself in the service of others". Father Dr. Max Joseph Greater SAC. * August 5, 1887 in Hanover, † March 19, 1940 in Berlin. Commemorative publication on the 70th anniversary of his death on March 19, 2010 . Raphaels-Werk Service for people on the move , Hamburg 2010, OCLC 612325664 .
• Helmut Moll (publisher on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference), witnesses for Christ. Das deutsche Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhundert , Paderborn et al. 1999, 7th revised and updated edition 2019, vol. 2, pp. 1002-1004, ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 .

Web links

• Dr. Max Großer - stumbling blocks in Hamburg
• Father Dr. Max Joseph Großer - chaplain to emigrants and victim of National Socialism