Alois Grimm the headless chicken.

When you live in the Third Reich but just can't stop yourself from saying cHriSt iS kAnG!.....

FATHER KÖNIG (WANTED)

Stayed in hiding on the orders of Father Provost Rösch because he was wanted by the Gestapo.

FATHER RÖSCH:

Taken to Dachau after his arrest, from there to the Berlin Reich Security Main Office, "Lehrter prison cell," where he was chained up day and night for weeks.

He was listed in the list of those already executed; he was among the last 46 who were executed on April 25, 1945, at 6 p.m. a few hours before the prison was captured by the russians.

(The order to execute all political prisoners was given by Himmler. In the last few nights, 38 of 84 political prisoners were executed)

FATHER. JOSEPH BAUMANN:

Sentenced to 5 weeks in prison for a sermon.

The trial took place in Bamberg. It is possible that the judge decided on this sentence to protect the priest from the concentration camp. Sentence served in Bamberg.

FATHER. HERMANN HUBER:

Reported by incited children for remarks he made in religious education that were displeasing to the National Socialists.

Huber had great influence in the city. Sentenced by a special court in Ravensburg to 10 months in prison, served in Ravensburg and Ulm.

FATHER ALOIS JUNG:

For sermons, distribution of bishops' sermons and pastoral letters.

The trial took place under the chairmanship of the  notorious "murder judge" Rothauge in Nuremberg.

Sentenced to 4 years in prison, served in Nuremberg.

(The priest committed foolish acts for religious reasons.)

PASTOR BERTHOLD LANG:

For preaching.

He had already been interrogated and warned by the Gestapo several times; the trial took place in Munich.

Lang was sentenced to 6 months in prison, which he served in Ulm.

PASTOR ANTON  KOERBLING:

For preaching, sentenced to 6 months in prison in Munich.

PASTOR  RUPERT MAYER:

Sentenced to 6 months for preaching and his great influence; 5 of these served in Landsberg.

He was later taken to the Oranienburg concentration camp near Berlin, in a solitary bunker, "because it was not to be expected that Rupert Mayer would betray the seal of confession."

From Oranienburg, he was taken to the monastery in Ettal (Upper Bavaria), where he was not even allowed to visit the monastery church.

FATHER ALOIS GRIMM:

Taken by the Gestapo because of his sermons and his work for converts.

Two Gestapo men pretended to want to convert, tried to catch him with conversations, and reported him.

He was taken to Berlin, tried in secret before the People's Court with no public presence, and sentenced to death and beheaded in Plötzensee, Berlin (September 11, 1944).

FATHER  ALFRED DELP:

Monitored and spied on because of sermons, religious lectures, and youth work.

Arrested in because his name was found in the notebook of Count von York (who was also executed).

But this turned out to be harmless and was not dealt with further in court. Acquitted of involvement and direct high treason, but sentenced to death and hanged on February 2, 1945.

Reason: As a priest, Jesuit, Catholic sociologist, he had taken part in meetings on reconstruction options.

cHriSt iZ kAnG!

~Johann Neuhäusler~

Cross and Swastika: the struggle of National Socialism against the Catholic Church and the Church Resistance. Johann Neuhäusler. Published by the Catholic church 1946.