Otto Rust
Otto Rust (born April 24, 1871 in Duderstadt , † March 2, 1945 in Naumburg am Queis ) was a Catholic clergyman and archpriest . He is considered a martyr of the 20th century.
Life
After graduating from high school, Rust studied theology and philosophy . After his ordination on March 22, 1886, he was chaplain , later pastor of Lüben in the diocese of Breslau .
When the Red Army took what was then East Germany in 1945, Rust fell victim to the Red Army. He was shot together with other German priests and religious sisters in the shop in Naumburg am Queis.
The Catholic Church accepted Otto Rust as a witness of faith in the German martyrology of the 20th century .
Rust was a member of the Catholic student associations Aenania Munich , Saxonia Münster and Hercynia Freiburg in the CV .
literature
- Helmut Moll (ed.): Witnesses for Christ. The German martyrology of the 20th century . 7th revised and updated edition. tape II . Paderborn u. a. 2019, ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 , pp. 1353 (published on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference).
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| SURNAME | Rust, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic priest and martyr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duderstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 1945 |
| Place of death | Naumburg am Queis |