Bernhard Lichtenberg
| Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg | |
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Fr. Bernhard Lichtenberg
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| Priest and martyr | |
| Born | 3 December 1875 Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 5 November 1943 (aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany |
| Venerated in |
Roman Catholic Church (Germany) |
| Beatified | 23 June 1996, Germany, by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine |
St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Germany |
The Blessed Bernhard Lichtenberg (3 December 1875 – 5 November 1943) was a German Roman Catholic priest and theologian, who died while in the custody of forces of the Third Reich. He has been awarded the title of Righteous among the Nations and has been beatified by the Catholic Church.
Lichtenberg was born in Ohlau (now Oława), Prussian Silesia, near Breslau (now Wrocław), the second of five children. He studied theology in Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary and was ordained in 1899. Lichtenberg began his ministry in Berlin in 1900, as the pastor of Charlottenburg. He served as a military chaplain during World War I.
In 1931, the Bishop of Berlin appointed him as a canon of the Cathedral chapter of St. Hedwig. His encouraging Catholics to view a screening of the film version of Erich Maria Remarques' anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front, prompted a vicious attack by Joseph Goebbels' paper Der Angriff.
Active in the Centre Party, in 1935 he went to Hermann Göring to protest the cruelties of the concentration camps.
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