Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder
Profile
Priest in the archdiocese of Münster, Germany, ordained in 1932. Member of the Schoenstatt Movement. For preaching against Nazism, he was arrested by the Gestapo and shipped to the Dachau concentration camp on 15 December 1941. Martyred by the Nazis.
Born
- 17 February 1907 in Klodzko, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (in modern Poland)
- 1 August 1942 in the Dachau concentration camp, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany of pneumonia and starvation
- 27 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)
- 19 September 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
- beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Münster, Germany, Cardinal Joaquim Meisner, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany presiding
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Gerhard Hirschfelder“. CatholicSaints.Info. 15 August 2017. Web. 5 June 2020. <>