Jakob Gapp
Austrian priest (1897-1943) · Austria · On the map · Religious Figures · Died at 46
Jakob Gapp was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Marianists.
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Gapp first served as a soldier on the Italian front during World War I at a point in his life where his religious convictions were not of high importance, though his return home from a prisoner of war camp saw him develop socialist views that soon brought him into contact with the Marianists whom he later joined. After studies and ordination, he was assigned in Austria as a teacher, where he became noted for his vehement opposition to the Nazi regime; he deemed Nazism as being some warped political tool to create division which was also incompatible with the faith.
