Bernhard Lichtenberg

(1875-1943)

German priest and theologian

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Bernhard Lichtenberg ( 3 December 1875 – 5 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest who became known for repeatedly speaking out, after the rise of Adolf Hitler and during the Holocaust, against the persecution and deportation of the Jews. After serving a jail sentence, he died in the custody of the Gestapo on his way to Dachau concentration camp. Raul Hilberg wrote: "Thus a solitary figure had made his singular gesture. In the buzz of rumormongers and sensation seekers, Bernhard Lichtenberg fought almost alone."

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Born	3 December 1875 Oława, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	5 November 1943 (aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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