Catholic resistance to Nazi Germany was a component of German resistance to Nazism and of Resistance during World War II. The role of the Catholic Church during the Nazi years remains a matter of much
Erich Klausener
Bishop Clemens August von Galen of Münster
Alfred Delp SJ
Konrad von Preysing of Berlin
Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen, better known as Clemens August Graf von Galen, was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Catholic Chur
Catholic resistance to Nazi Germany
…in the clergy barracks at Dachau. While the head German bishop generally avoided confronting the regime, other bishops such as Preysing, Frings and Galen developed a Catholic critique of aspects of Nazism. Galen led Catholic protest against Nazi "euthanasia". Catholic resistance to mistreatment of Jews…
Galen was one of 13 children born to an old aristocratic family in Burg Dinklage.
Clemens August (third from left) at age six
Galen in 1899 after a hunt