Peter Buchholz (theologian)
Peter Buchholz (born January 31, 1888 in Eisbach , † May 4, 1963 in Bonn ) was a Catholic theologian and belonged to the resistance against National Socialism .
Life
Buchholz was on 10 August 1911, Cologne Cathedral for ordained priests . He was then a chaplain in the Ruhr area and divisional pastor during the First World War . From 1926 Buchholz worked as a prison chaplain and from 1933 came into contact with political prisoners of the Nazi regime. In 1943 he became a pastor in the Berlin-Plötzensee execution site , where he became the official brother of Harald Poelchau . Care for resistance fighters was strictly forbidden; Nevertheless, Buchholz managed to help some prisoners. He secretly delivered food to prisoners or arranged contacts with relatives or other prisoners.
Immediately after the end of the war, on May 17, 1945, Buchholz was appointed to the advisory council for church affairs at the Berlin magistrate , of which he was a member until 1947. Until his retirement in 1953, Buchholz worked again as a prison pastor in Düsseldorf .
Honors
In 1945, the Berlin Bishop Konrad von Preysing appointed Buchholz Dome of Honor at St. Hedwig's Cathedral .
Pope Pius XII awarded him the honorary title of Papal House Prelate in October 1952 .
In 1952 Buchholz received the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, in January 1958 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit.
The community of Oberpleis made Buchholz an honorary citizen on the occasion of his golden jubilee as a priest on August 20, 1961 .
In the vicinity of his place of work Plötzensee, the Buchholzweg has been remembering him since 1992. There is a Prälat-Buchholz-Straße in his birthplace Eisbach and in the neighboring Bad Honnef district of Aegidienberg - Brüngsberg .
Web links
- Short biography on www.nikolaus-gross.com
- Prelate Peter Buchholz (Oberpleis Virtual Local History Museum, accessed October 16, 2013)
literature
- Anton Gundlach, Albert Panzer: Peter Buchholz, the pastor of Plötzensee. Kyrios-Verlag, Meitingen near Augsburg 1964.
- Brigitte Oleschinski: Courage to be human - the prison chaplain Peter Buchholz in the Third Reich. Königswinter in the past and present, volume 4, Königswinter 1991.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buchholzweg. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buchholz, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic prison chaplain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königswinter- Eisbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1963 |
| Place of death | Bonn |