Gerhard Hirschfelder
German priest (1907-1942) · Religious Figures · Died at 35
Gerhard Hirschfelder was a German Roman Catholic priest. He was a vocal critic of Nazism and used his sermons to condemn Nazi propaganda and other aspects of Nazism which drew suspicion on him from the authorities who monitored him and even interrogated him on occasion.
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He was a staunch supporter of the role of adolescents in the life of the Church and made them a focus in his pastoral activities. In his imprisonment he became a member of the Schoenstatt Movement.
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1942 · aged 35
