Walter Thiemann
Walter Wilhelm August Thiemann (born August 6, 1898 in Barmen ; † February 26, 1983 in Siegen ) was a German Protestant pastor .
Career
Thiemann came as the son of the businessman Friedrich Thiemann and Bertha Thiemann, nee. Weber, to the world. He passed the Abitur in 1916 at the Barmen High School. After participating in the First World War , he studied theology in Bonn and Tübingen from 1919. In 1924/25 he attended the seminary in Soest . From 1925 he worked as a pastor in Bethel, where he was also head of the Protestant primary school in Lienen. In 1934 he came to Gronau. As an active member of the Confessing Church , he was arrested in July 1939 and spent five months in the Gestapo prison in Münster and in the Buchenwald concentration camp . In 1940 he came to Neunkirchen as a pastor and in 1946 to Siegen, where he worked until his retirement in 1964. There he was the founder of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation (see German Coordination Council of Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation ).
Honors
- 1968: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiemann, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thiemann, Walter Wilhelm August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1983 |
| Place of death | Wins |