Otto Pies
Otto Pies SJ (born April 26, 1901 in Arenberg near Koblenz, † July 1, 1960 in Mainz ) was a German Roman Catholic priest , member of the Jesuit order and a staunch critic of National Socialism . Throughout his work his main field of activity was the spiritual accompaniment of priestly and religious professions.
Life
Otto Pies entered 1920, the Congregation for the Jesuits. After studying theology and philosophy, he was ordained a priest in 1930 . In 1933 he became the novice master of the East German province of Mittelsteine. After conflicts with the National Socialists , he was interned in the Dachau concentration camp in 1941 and held until March 1945.
Otto Pies was housed in the pastors' block in Dachau. There he was the spiritual companion of the Catholic deacon Karl Leisner , who was also arrested, and whose secret ordination to the priesthood he significantly promoted through the French bishop Gabriel Piguet, who was also imprisoned there . After his own release from the concentration camp in the spring of 1945, he continued to stay near Dachau, from where he was actively involved in the liberation and subsequent care of his religious brothers who were still imprisoned and finally evacuated from the concentration camp by the SS when the US Army approached to participate. In 1954 he became instructor of the Terziat and rector of Haus Sentmaring, the Jesuit retirement home in Münster .
Through his writings Otto Pies made a significant contribution to the beatification process for Karl Leisner.
His thoughts and ideas on the role of baptized Christians during the Nazi reign of terror, which he developed together with fellow clergy prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp, led to the reintroduction of the permanent diaconate in the Catholic Church through the Second Vatican Council and thus to a change in the social behavior of the Catholic Church in the 20th century contributed.
Works
- Stephen today - Karl Leisner, priest and victim. Publishing house Dr. Eke Pies, Sprockhövel 2008, ISBN 978-3-928441-69-8 .
- As editor: In the Lord - prayers in the spirit of the royal priesthood. Herder, Freiburg, 1954.
literature
- Eike Pies : Father Otto Pies SJ (1901-1960) and another 22 clergymen of the Pies family (1290-1990) , Verlag Dr. Eike Pies, Dommershausen-Sprockhövel 1989, ISBN 978-3-928441-01-8
- Hermann Scheipers : A tightrope walk - priests under two dictatorships. St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1997, ISBN 3-7462-1221-9
- Hans-Karl Seeger, Gabriele Latzel, Christa Bockholt (eds.): Otto Pies and Karl Leisner: Friendship in Hell of the Dachau Concentration Camp , Verlag Dr. Eike Pies, Dommershausen-Sprockhövel 2007, ISBN 978-3-928441-66-7
- Eike Pies (ed.): Father Dr. Otto Pies SJ (1901-1960) - His life in pictures, personal testimonies and eyewitness reports , Verlag Dr. Eike Pies, Dommershausen-Sprockhövel 2011, ISBN 978-3-928441-82-7
- Eric Steinhauer : Otto Pies. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 1159-1161.
Footnotes
- ↑ Christian Frieling: Priest from the diocese of Münster in the concentration camp , Verlag Aschendorf, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-402-05427-2 , pp. 122–124.
- ^ Christian Frieling: Priest from the diocese of Münster in the concentration camp , Verlag Aschendorf, Münster 1992, pp. 124–126.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Pies in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pies, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic priest, member of the Jesuit order and staunch critic of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arenberg near Koblenz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1960 |
| Place of death | Mainz |