Paul Kaetzke

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Paul Kaetzke (born September 2, 1901 in Buenos Aires , † April 7, 1968 in Schmitten ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

After the ordination he took up his first pastor's position in Zschernitz in 1928 . In 1931 he came to Haarlem and in 1936 to the German Evangelical Congregation in The Hague , where he worked until his retirement in 1966.

During the time of National Socialism Pastor Kaetzke took a critical stance towards Hitler and sympathized with the ideas of the Confessing Church . During the occupation of the Netherlands, he and members of the church council hid several Jews and other refugees in The Hague .

In 1953 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class, by Federal President Theodor Heuss . In 1966, the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany followed. In 1957 he was appointed officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau . His estate, mainly from correspondence during the Nazi era, is in the Haags Gemeentearchief.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carsten Nicolaisen , Karl-Heinz Fix, Nora Andrea Schulze: The protocols of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany: 1949 p. 531; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006; ISBN 978-3525557624 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
  2. ^ Jan Goossensen: Duitse protestanten koesteren hun kerk - Kerk in The Hague. In: kerkindenhaag.nl. January 28, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 (Dutch).
  3. ^ Germans in the Netherlands - The time of occupation in the Netherlands. In: NiederlandeNet / uni-muenster.de. November 15, 2010, accessed November 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ The history of the German club in the Netherlands. www.deutscherklub.nl, accessed on February 25, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Correspondentie van Pastor Paul Kaetzke met, aantekeningen, 1955-1966. In: archieven.nl. Retrieved November 17, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaetzke, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1968
Place of death Schmitten , Germany