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21 January 2020 German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ relic #otdimjh
German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic ‘Jew pig’ relic – Times of Israel report NAUMBURG, Germany (AP) — A court in eastern Germany indicated Tuesday that it will likely reject a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal … Continue reading
13 January 1901 Birth of Josef Wölfel, patriotic Austrian pastor with Jewish mother #otdimjh
Josef Wölfel was born in 1901 in Güns (Hungarian “Köszeg”), a city that came to Hungary after the end of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, two kilometres from today’s Austrian border. After completing voluntary military service with the Hungarian army from July … Continue reading
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12 January 1903 Birth of Theodor Carlebach, Farmer, Pastor and Vicar #otdimjh
Theodor Carlebach came from a well-respected Jewish family in Germany, which spread in the 19th and 20th centuries. Ernst Carlebach (1838-1923) moved from Mannheim to Heidelberg in 1863 and founded a book and art antiquarian business there. His son Rudolf … Continue reading
7 January 1977 Passing of Adolph Freudenberg – Friend of Bonhoeffer, Lawyer, Pastor, Ecumenist #otdimjh
Adolf Freudenberg, who because of his marriage to a “non-Aryan” woman had to emigrate to England in March 1939, was a diplomat and a member of the Confessing Church. He was a personal friend of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and hosted him … Continue reading
6 January 1215 Death of Saint Raymund de Peñaforte, Medieval Polemicist, Mission Strategist and Patron Saint of Lawyers #otdimjh
From Richard Harvey: Raimundus Martini and the Pugio Fidei Raymond de Peñaforte was born in Villafrance del Penades in Northern Spain between 1175-1180. He trained at the University of Bologna (1210). On graduation in 1216 he received his doctorate and … Continue reading
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28 December 1911 Birth of Bernhard (Herzfeld) Weber, the “Half-Jewish Pastor” #otdimjh
The Kaufmann family member Bernhard Herzfeld was born in the Berlin Sophiengemeinde district. Their son Bernhard was baptized here in April 1915 and confirmed in March 1927. After the death of his father in 1924, his mother married the merchant … Continue reading
26 December 1961 Passing of Rev. John Gotthold Forell – German Jewish Refugee, Australian Internee and American Clergyman #otdimjh
Gotthold Forell was born in Michelsdorf in 1922 as the youngest son of the pastor Friedrich Forell (see page 102ff, Evangelisch Getauft- als “Juden” verfolgt – Baptisted as Protestants – Persecuted as Jews) and his wife Magdalene. He attended the … Continue reading
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24 December 1944 Martin Niemoller's Christmas Eve Sermon in Dachau #otdimjh
Before ‘Then They Came for Me,’ There Was Christmas Eve 1944. Here’s How a Sermon in a Nazi Camp Signaled a New Moral Voice BY MATTHEW D. HOCKENOS in Time, DECEMBER 23, 2018 German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, Martin Niemoller … Continue reading
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22 December 1945 Passing of Victor Kuhn, Pastor, Theologian and “Half Jew” #otdimjh
Despite his fierce patriotism and nationalist leanings, Victor Kühn was forced out of ministry and had to take early retirement. An accomplished philosopher, theologian and pastor, his commitment to the spiritual and public life of Germany for some forty years … Continue reading
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22 December 1942 Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Letter "After Ten Years" #otdimjh
After Ten Years Ten years is a long stretch in a man’s life. Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon time … Continue reading
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