In Into that Darkness, Gitta Sereny makes the astonishing statement that "very few German or Austrian priests and not one Catholic bishop in all Western Europe was ever arrested or harmed by the Nazis" (p. 283). She does not say how she has determined this despite all the evidence to the contrary. To give an idea as to how mistaken it is to say that very few German or Austrian priests were ever arrested or harmed by the Nazis, here is a list of some who were. This list of German or Austrian priests arrested or harmed by the Nazis is not exhaustive and, for many reasons, it cannot even be completely accurate. For one thing, there are just too many. Priests figuring in newspaper accounts of their arrests were not always named and arrested priests did not always make the news. And newspaper accounts are not always accurate. Many priests were arrested several times and many were held in several different concentration camps. A priest belonging to religious orders could have two different names. Priests in concentration camps did not always declare themselves as such for fear of even harsher treatment. Moreover, since Hitler changed Germany's borders and redefined Germanness, by for instance, considering Alsatians as members of the master race, whether they liked it or not, it is not even completely clear exactly who was a German priest and who was not. There is ample information to be found on these priests. Many of those who survived their ordeals published their memoirs. "And Who Will Kill You" by Bedrich Hoffmann, a priest who was in Dachau for several years contains an almost 300 page list of priests in Dachau.
Josef Adams, Dachau 1943-1945
Paul Adamus, Dachau 1941-1945
Korbinian Aigner, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1941-1945, fled during death march
Josef Albinger, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Alexander Alef, sent to Dachau 1945, where he died a month later
Eduard Allebrod, Dachau 1942-1945
Franz Allmer, jailed 1938, Buchenwald 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Johann Almer, Mauthausen-Gusen, 1940-1941, where he died
Alois Andritzki, Dachau from 1941 until death in February 1943
Jules Anneser, Natzweiler-Struthof 1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Leopold Arthofer, Dachau 1941-1945
Gottfried Auer, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Augst, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Averesch, Buchenwald 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Theodor Averberg, Dachau 1943-1945
Gustav Banholzer, imprisoned 1941, 1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Pater Bänsch, Dachau
Hans Bahrenberg, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1942-1945
Mgr. Bannasch, arrested and tried in Berlin in 1935 for high treason for collecting material of the numerous incidents between Catholic dignitaries and Nazi authorities and handing to the Nuncio the documents referring to the Concordat
Werner Barkholt, Jesuit, Dachau August 8, 1941 until his death there on July 18, 1942
Karl Barth, imprisoned 1942, Dachau 1943-1945
Paul Bartsch, imprisoned, Dachau 1943-1945
Dr. Bauer, a parish priest in Schwarzhofen arrested for unknown reasons in 1933
Ludwig Bauer, Dachau 1942-1945
Peter Bauer, imprisoned 1935-1940, Buchenwald 1942, Ravensbrück 1942, Dachau1942-1945
Gerhard Baumjohann, jailed 1939, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Bechtel, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Heinrich Becker, imprisoned 1939-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Johann Becker, Trappist, came to Dachau 1940 where he died in 1942
Albert Beckers (Father Wigbert) Capuchin, Dachau
August Benninghaus, Jesuit, Sachsenhausen 1941, 1942, died Dachau in July 1942
Jacob Bentz, came to Dachau in 1942, soon sent to die
Alfred Berchtold, Dachau 1938, Buchenwald 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Rebe Berganz, Dachau, arrested 1942, Dachau 1943-1945
Hubert Berger, Dachau 1942-1945
Leonhard Berger, arrested by the Gestapo in February 14, 1943
Franz Bergmann, under arrest 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Anton Berndl, Jesuit, imprisoned 1941-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Adolf Bernhard, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Ludwig Karl Michael Bettendorf, imprisoned 1940, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1945
Leo Binder, Sachsenhausen 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Peter Bioly, came to Dachau in 1941, victim of euthanasia program in Hartheim 1942
Karl Birngruber (Father Sylvester) arrested by the Gestapo in 1940, fled Dachau April 28, 1945.
Alois Blaha, arrested by the Gestapo, sentenced to prison in 1944
August Blandenier, Franciscan, arrested 1939, 1940, died in Dachau April 20, 1941
Father Beichlemeier Jesuit leader arrested in Austria 1939
Franz Blochl, Cistercian, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Hieronymus Bochnia, Dachau
Franz Boehm, arrested July 20, 1944, died February 13, 1945 in Dachau
Karl Böhmer, sentenced to prison
Josef Böhr, imprisoned, Dachau 1941-1945
Antonius Bornefeld, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Wenzel Bradler, Dachau 1941-1945
Titus Brandsma, Carmelite, died in Dachau July 26, 1942 after medical experiments
Theodor Brasse, in Dachau 1941-1943
Hans Brantzen, arrested 1941, Dachau 1945
Ludwig Braun, Dachau 1942-1945
Wilhelm Braun, arrested in 1935, 1940, sent to Buchenwald 1941
Franz Breitenberger, Capuchin, 1941-1945
Wilhelm Breithäcker, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 19 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Leon Brendt, arrested 1940
Dr. Breu, a priest from Posing, arrested for unknown reasons in 1933
Wilhelm Brunke (Father Thaddaeus), Franciscan, Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Bishop Josef Buchkremer, Dachau 1942-1945
Georg Bujakowski, Dachau 1941-1945
Anton Burger, Dachau imprisoned 1939-1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Bernhard Burgstaller (Father Petrus), Cistercian abbot, died in prison in Linz of starvation in November 1941.
Johannes Burkhardt, imprisoned 1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Wilhelm Caroli, died August 23, 1942 in Dachau
Hans Carls, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Father Clemens, arrested 1935 in Dusseldorf
Father Albert Coppenrath, fined fifty marks in the Berlin Criminal Court in 1935 because he failed to fly the swastika flag from the tower of his church during a funeral
Hubert Czechowski, arrested 1938, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Franz Dabeck, Dachau 1942-1945
Heinrich Dalla Rosa, execution by decapitation in January 1945
Ernst Daniel, sentenced to prison
Josef Danzinger arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Johann Daxböck, Benedictine, arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Alois Daxl, imprisoned 1940-1942 for radio crime, Dachau 1943-1945
Kurt Dehne, Dachau 1943-1945
Leopold Delhez, came to Dachau 1942 where he died in 1943
Alfred Delp, Jesuit, executed February 2, 1945 in Berlin
Johann Dettlaff, Dachau 1942-1945
Andreas Dirnberger, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1941-1945
Alois Dobczynski, arrested in 1943
Father Dobterstein of Allenstein, East Prussia, arrested on charges of criticizing Goebbels.
Franz Doppelfeld, Dachau 1941-1944
Heinz Dresback, Dachau 1941-1945
Paul Dubianski, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Alfons Duschak, Dachau 1941-1945
Hermann Dümig, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Franz Dürnberger, Dachau 1943-1945
Johann Ecker, arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and 1944
Franz Edel, imprisoned 1942, 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Albert Eise, sent to Dachau in 1941, where he died September 3, 1942
August Eisenmann, in Dachau 1941-1945
Auguste Engelmann, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1943-1945, peaceloving ideas
Gottfried Engels, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1940-1942, then two years in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel penitentiary
Josef Enzmann, Dachau
Heinrich Eudenbach, Dachau 1941-1945
Leo Fabing, Dachau
Eduard Farwer, imprisoned 1938-1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Kaspar Feld, imprisoned 1942, 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Franz Fertala, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Heinrich Feuerstein, died August 2, 1942 in Dachau
Msgr. Feuerstein, died a prisoner in 1942
Edward Fischer, Dachau 1943-1945
Josef Fischer, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Johannes Flintrop, sent to Dachau in May 1942, where died July 26, 1942.
Grünewald Forscher, starved to death in Dachau in 1942
Rudolf Frank, imprisoned over and over again by the Gestapo
Alois Frankhauser, Franciscan, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Almer Franz, Buchenwald, Dachau
Anton Fränznik, sent to Dachau in 1942, where he died January 26, 1944
Pater Freilich, Dachau
Richard Frasl, under arrest 1938, imprisoned 1943, came to Dachau 1943 where he died April 17, 1945
Robert Franze, Dachau 1942
Heinrich Fresenborg, Dachau 1941-1945
Father Fridolin arrested and charged with treason at Karlsruhe in 1934
Karl Friedrich, imprisoned 1943-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Reinhold Friedrichs, Sachsenhausen 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
August Froehlich, died June 22, 1942 in Dachau
Ferdinand Frogl, arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and sentenced to 3 years in prison
G. Fugel, Dachau
Ottomar Gächter, Dachau 1939, sent to Buchenwald
André Galhaut, Dachau 1944-1945
Rudolf Gallas, Dachau 1944-1945
Hubert Gassman (Father Alkuin), Franciscan, Dachau 1942-1945
Alois Gastager, Dachau
Hans Gaster, Dachau, Buchenwald, Dachau 1939-1944
Emil Gehr, Dachau 1942-1945
Franz Geiger, Dachau 1941-1945
Richard Geike, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Josef Gerhard, Franciscan, Dachau 1942-1945
Johann Gercharz, imprisoned 1943 1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Peter Gestel, Jesuit, Dachau
Suitbert Gilz, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1943
Wilhelm Gnegel, Dachau 1943-1945
Johannes Goebels, imprisoned 1943, came to Dachau 1944 where he soon died
Gustav Görsmann, came to Dachau 1942 where he soon died
Franz Goldschmitt, Dachau
Max Graf, came to Dachau 1942 where he died in 1945
Johann Grabmayr, Dachau 1941-1942
Alois Paul Grafenberger, in Dachau 1942-1945
Anton Granig, shot to death on April 15, 1944
Jakob Grapp, arrested by the Gestapo in 1942
Felix Gredler, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Paul Gressok, Dachau 1943-1945
Reverend Grimm, beheaded on charges of high treason 1944
Alois Grimm, Jesuit, hanged September 11, 1944
Josef Grimm, shot to death by SS in 1945
Rev. Max Joseph Grösser, arrested in Hamburg by the secret political police in 1937, revealed plight of Jews and Catholics, died March 1940 Berlin after many arrests
Johann Gruber, from 1940, Dachau and Mauthausen-Gusen, died there after 3 days torture in 1944
Franz-Xaver Guggenberger, arrested January 6, 1940 for "radiocrime," sent to prison
Otto Günnewich, came to Dachau in 1941, sent to his death 1942
Paul Guttmann, Mauthausen, Dachau 1944-1945
Kurt Habich, Dachau 1942-1945
Christoph Hackethal, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Georg Häfner, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Herman Hahn, Dachau 1941-1942
Josef Haller, sent to Natzweiler-Struthof in 1944, was Dachau 1944-1945
Anton Hamm, Dachau 1945
Josef Hartinger, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Robert Hartmann, imprisoned 1942-1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Josef Hartung, Dachau 1944-1945
Theodor Hartz, Salesian, came to Dachau 1942 where he soon died
Oswald Haug, Dachau 1942
Peter Haunstein, Sachsenhausen 1939-1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Berthold Hausmann, Jesuit, Dachau 1944-1945
Josef Heinzl, Dachau 1941-1945
Bernhard Heinzmann, sent to Dachau in 1941, victim of euthanasia program in Hartheim in 1942
Father Albert Fritsch of Hellefeld, sentenced to eight months imprisonment for attacking the Nazi movement from the pulpit in 1936
Josef Helmus, Dachau 1942-1945
Friedrich Hemmer, Dachau 1941-1942
Richard Henkes, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1943-1945, where he died
Heinrich Hennen, Dachau 1942-1945
Father P. Herr arrested and charged with treason in Karlsruhe in 1934
Johann Hess (Franz Sales) Benedictine, Dachau 1941-1945
Augustin Hessing, Benedictine, Dachau 1941-1945
Gunther Hessner, hanged in Mauthausen 1941
Ludwig Hiller, Dachau
Paul Hiller, Dachau 1941-1945
Peter Himmler arrested January 6, 1940 for "radiocrime," sentenced to prison
Albert Hirsch, died August 22, 1944 in Gollnow Penitentiary
Gerhard Hirschfelder, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Michael Höck, Dachau 1941-1944
Franz (Emmerich) Hofbauer, Benedictine, arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Josef (Ernst) Hofbauer arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Johann Hoffert came to Dachau 1940 where he soon died
Korbinian Hofmeister, Dachau, 1944-1945
Karl Hoffmann, Buchenwald Dachau 1941-1942
Josef Hofstätter (Theodorich) arrested by the Gestapo in 1940, sentenced to 7 years in prison
Josef Holubnicek, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau
Josef Hopper, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Hornauer, imprisoned 1939-1940, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Johann Hornbock, came to Dachau 1941 where he died in 1942
Walter Horny, Dachau 1941, 1944-1945
Franz Horten (Father Titus), Dominican, died in 1936 in Oldenburg prison
Johann Huber, died September 13, 1942 after imprisonment in Dachau
Rudolf Hubert, Dachau 1944-1945
Bernhard Hürfeld, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Emil Hurm, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Heinrich Huth, Dachau 1940-1941
Josef Hüttl, Dachau 1943-1945
Pater Illing, Dachau
Cardinal Innitzer of Vienna was said to have been injured and arrested by the Nazis in October 1938
Pater Jäger, Dachau
Johannes Jagger, Dachau 1941-1945
Nikolaus Jansen, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Otto Jorek, imprisoned 1938-1939, Sachsenhausen 1939-1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Pater Jost, Dachau
Konrad Just, Cistercian, imprisoned 1938, Dachau 1938-1939, Buchenwald 1939-1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Josef Juchta, Sachsenhausen, Dachau, 1940-1942
Pater Kagerer, Mauthausen
Johann Kaliga, imprisoned 1936-1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Friedrich Karras, arrested by the Gestapo in 1940 and 1941, Dachau, victim of the euthanasia program in Hartheim in 1942
Fritz Keller, came to Dachau 1941, died May 15, 1943
Josef Kentenich, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Johann Kessler, Dachau 1944-1945
Bernhard Ketzlick, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Emil Kiesel, Dachau 1940-1945
Julian Kilinski, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
August Kilthan, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Adolf Kimni, Benedicine, 1944-1945
Joseph Kirchhoff (Father Kilian) Franciscan, executed April 24, 1944
Kassian Kitzmantel, Cistercian, Dachau 1938-1939
Joseph Kleinbruckner, Dachau 1938-1939
Leopold Klima, Dachau 1941-1942
Father K. Klinkhammer, sentenced to six months in jail for criticizing Hitler in a sermon in 1933
Heribert Edward Kluger, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Johannes Klumpe, Dachau 1941-1945
Alois Knecht, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Ludwig Kneidinger, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Knepper, Dachau 1941
Josef-Michael Knichel, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Otto Kohler, Dachau 1944-1945
Wilhelm Kohler, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1941, 1943-1945
Heinrich König, sent in 1941 to Dachau, where he died June 25, 1942
Josef König, priest, died May 13, 1945 as a consequence of his arrest
Heinrich Kötter, Dachau 1941-1945
Anton Koperek, came to Dachau in 1942, where he soon died
Amand Kopera, Dachau 1940-1945
Johann Kostron, Dachau 1942-1945
Anizet Koplin, Capuchin, died October 16, 1941 Auschwitz
Anton Korczok, came to Dachau in 1940, where he died in 1941
Pater Kos, Dachau
Heinrich Kotter, Dachau 1941-1945
Anton Krähenheide, arrested 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Father Kravanik, Nazis mob threw into a courtyard breaking both his legs in Vienna in 1938
Franz Kreis, Jesuit, Dachau
Johann Albert Kremer (Johannes Leodegar), guillotined November 6, 1944 in Brandenburg
Ignaz Kühmayer, sentenced to death in 1944, sentence reduced to 10 years imprisonment
Pater Kuchenbäcker, imprisoned, a swastika carved on his head
Heinrich Kühnel, imprisoned 1942-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Karl Kunkel, Ravensbrück 1944, Dachau February 1945-May 1945
Heinrich Küppers, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Pater Kurek, Dachau
Eberhard Kusin, Dachau
Anton Kutey, Mauthausen, died Dachau 1941
Anton Kuttaj, Dachau in 1940, Mauthausen-Gusen 1940, Dachau where he died in 1941
Alois La, Dachau
Paul Lachawietz, Dachau 1941-1945
Franz Lakomy, Dachau 1941-1942
Karl Lampert, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1940, executed November 1944
Johann Landgraf, Dachau 1942-1945
Hermann Lange, executed November 10, 1943 in Hamburg for radio crime
Alois Langhaus, Dachau 1940-1945
Pater Lanique, Dachau
Robert Lauber, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Benedict Ledur, arrested 1942, Dachau 1943-1945
Marcell Leeb, Dachau 1940, then Mauthausen
Bishop Peter Legge of Meissen, imprisoned, awaiting trial on charges of exchange smuggling in 1935
Hermann Legler, Dachau 1944-1945
Georg Lehmann, imprisoned 1940, 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Johann Leicht, arrested by the Nazis in his bed in 1933
Karl Leisner, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1940, and finally in Dachau 1940-1945, where he was ordained a priest, died as a consequence of his imprisonment
Anton Lenferding, Dachau 1943-1945
Franz Lenz, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Johann Maria Lenz, Jesuit, arrested by the Gestapo in 1938, Mathausen, Dachau until 1945
Joseph Lenzel, came to Dachau in 1942, where he died July 3, 1942
Nikolaus L'Hoste, house arrest 1938, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1939, Flossenburg 1939, Dachau 1940, Mauthausen-Gusen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Johannes Leodegar Kremer, executed November 6, 1944
Bernhard Lichtenberg, arrested and sent to Dachau
Erich Linhart, Dachau 1941-1945
Alban Prinz Löbenstein, Dachau
Rudolf Lösch, imprisoned 1940-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Joseph Lodde, sent in 1942 to Dachau, where he died in February 27, 1943
Franz Loh (Father Stanislaus) SCJ, died March 20, 1941 in Düsseldorf jail
Raimund (Peter) Lohausen, Cistercian, Dachau 1943-1945
Friedrich Lorenz, executed November 13, 1944, in Halle
Gerhard Maashänser, imprisoned 1937, Buchenwald 1937-1939, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Maciejicek, Dachau
Johann Mager, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Heinrich Maier, guillotined on March 22, 1945.
Johann B. Maier, hanged April 24, 1945 in Regensburg
Pater Maier, Dachau
Karl Maierhofer, Dachau 1939, sent to Buchenwald in August 1939
Petrus Karl Mangold, Franciscan, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died July 18, 1942
Albert Maring, Jesuit, Sachsenhausen 1941, Dachau from 1942 until death April 1943
Alfons Mark, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1944-1945
Joseph Markötter (Father Elpidius), Franciscan, Sachsenhausen 1941, Dachau from September 1941 until death in June 1942
Franz Martin, arrested 1943, came to Dachau in 1944, where he died in 1945
Othmar Mauerer, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Ferdinand Maurath, Dachau 1941-1945
Max Mayer, Mauthausen-Gusen, 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Franz Mayr, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Rupert Mayer, incarcerated several times in Landsberg prison and Sachsenhausen concentration camp for having dared comment upon Mit Brennender Sorge from the pulpit
Josef Mazurowski, Buchenwald, Dachau 1945
Peter Meierhoff, Flossenburg 1945
Paul Meisel, Dachau 1940
Hermann Mencke arrested January 6, 1940 for "radiocrime," sentenced to prison
Bernhard Mecklenburg, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Alfons Mersmann, shot to death on the way to Dachau
Matthias Mertens, Dachau 1942-1945
Max Josef Metzger, executed in Brandenburg on April 17, 1944
Johann Messner, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1943
Max Josef Metzger, arrested several times, executed April 17, 1944
Josef Meyer, Dachau 1942-1945
Wilhelm Meyer, Dachau 1941-1945
Karl Michel, Franciscan, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1943
Ludwig Mitterer, executed November 1, 1943 in Brandenburg
Carl-Heinz Möbius, sentenced to death twice, sentences not carried out
Michael Molecz, arrested by the Gestapo in 1942, sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison.
Hugo Montwe, Capuchin, Dachau 1941-1945
Josef Moosbauer, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1940, Mauthausen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Karl Morper, imprisoned 1942, Dachau 1943-1945
Anton Mühlbauer, imprisoned 1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Josef Mühlbeyer, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1943-1945
Father Muelhens and several Bavarian Catholic priests arrested for circulating false statements about the concentration camp at Dachau 1933
Eduard Müller, beheaded November 10, 1943 in Hamburg for radio crime
Franz Müller, Dachau 1941-1945
Franz Müller, Jesuit, Dachau 1945
Joseph Müller, guillotined September 11, 1944 in Brandenburg-Görden prison
Otto Müller, died on October 12, 1944 in prison Berlin-Tegel
Robert Müller, Dachau 1942-1945
Adolf Muller, came to Dachau in 1942, where he soon died
Maurus Münch, Benedictine, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Emil Muhler, arrested in 1933 for spreading atrocity reports, 1940, Dachau 1944-1945
Leopold Muris, imprisoned 1940, 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Pater Myr, Mauthausen
Alois Nadrag, Dachau 1944-1945
Franz Nemetz, Dachau
Father Alois Neubauer, of Munich executed August 7, 1944 for praying in his church: "Our arms are cursed by God. Neither the Fuehrer nor the army is able to change God's decision. I pray God to end the war so everyone, even women and children, will not be slain in this war provoked by ourselves."
Karl Neubauer, Dachau 1943
Johannes Neuhäusler, Dachau 1941-1945
Gottfried Neunhäuser, Benedictine, in 1941 gassed in Hartheim euthanasia program
Karl Neuhold, under arrest 1938, 1940, 1941, Dachau 1943-1945
Richard Neuhold, came to Dachau in 1944, sent to Bergen Belsen 1944
Johann Neumaier, Dachau 1945
Josef Neunzig, imprisoned 1935, 1940, Dachau 1941-1944
Otto Neururer, Dachau 1939, then crucified upside down in Buchenwald on May 30, 1940
Josef Niedermoser, Cisterician, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Nikodemus, arrested October 14, 1943, imprisoned in Mainz and Berlin
Adolf Nolewaika, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Josef Nowak, Dachau
Stefan Nowotny, imprisoned, Dachau 1944-1945
Wilhelm Oberhaus, sent to Dachau in 1941, died there September 20, 1942
Johannes Obernüfemann, died August 10, 1944 in Mauthausen
Heinrich Oenning, Dachau 1941
Carl Oesterreicher, Dachau
Franz Ohnmacht, Buchenwald 1939, Dachau 1938-1939, 1940-1943, died in 1954 from consequences of medical experiment
Joseph Olbers, arrested 1942, imprisoned 1943-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Leo Olschewski, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Adam Ott, Dachau 1941-1945
Johann Jakob Otto, Dachau 1943-1945
Alois Otzipka, Dachau 1941-1945
Alphons Patermann (Brother Servulus) Capuchin, came to Dachau in 1943, where he soon died
Anton Pauk, arrested by the Gestapo in 1939 and sentenced to 15 months in prison for listening to Vatican radio station
Josef Franz Paul, arrested by the Gestapo in 1940
Monsignor Pavilovski, arrested Austria 1938
Alois Pawlus, Dachau
Pater Peikert, Dachau
Klemens Pereira, Jesuit, Dachau 1944-1945
Pater Peters, Dachau
Friedrich Karl Petersen, came to Dachau in 1943, where he died in 1944
Franz (Gottfried) Pfaff, arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Fritz Pfanzelt, Dachau
Hugo Pfeil, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Wilhem Pflüger, Dachau 1945
Josef Pichl, imprisoned 1940-1942, Dachau 1942-1945, listening to Vatican radio
Wilhelm Pieller (Johannes Kapistran), Franciscan, shot to death April 15, 1944
Josef Pieper, tried 1935, 1937, 1939, 1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Otto Pies, Jesuit, in Dachau 1941-1945
Josef Pinzenöhler, arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 sentenced to 4 years in prison
Franz Plail, Dachau 1941-1942
Josef Plangger, imprisoned 1941, Buchenwald 1941 1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Theodor Plewa, Dachau 1944-1945
Reinhold Plohberger, Cistercian priest, arrested by the Gestapo in 1940 and sentenced to 8 years in prison
Ph. Johann Ploner, 1944-1945 Dachau
Vinzent Plonka, arrested by the Gestapo February 14, 1943, sentenced to 7 years in prison in Halle, Torgau and Bützow, freed in 1945
Bernhard Poether, arrested 1939, Sachsenhausen 1940 where he was repeatedly tortured, Dachau 1941, where he died from starvation and torture in 1942
Waldemar Pohley, Dachau 1942
Wilhelm Poiess, imprisoned 1942-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Joseph Pontiller, Benedictine, (Father Edmond), beheaded February 9, 1945 in Munich-Stadelheim prison, radio crime
Rudolf Posch, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Johannes Prassek, sentenced to death for radio crime guillotined November 10, 1943, in Hamburg
Robert Pruszkowski, Buchenwald 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Jan Porubsky, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Hermann Quack, Dachau 1942-1945
Karl Quass, imprisoned 1940-1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Arthur Rackwitz, Dachau
Gerhard Radeke, Dachau 1942-1945
Karl Rähs, Dachau
Josef Raggl, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Robert Rainfurth, imprisoned 1939-1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Karl Rass, imprisoned 1942, 1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Florian (Gebhard) Rath, Cistercian, arrested by the Gestapo in 1940, sentenced to 10 years in prison
Engelbert Rehling, Dachau 1941-1945
Franz Reinisch, executed August 21, 1942
Fritz Remy, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1944
Josef Retzer, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Josef Reukes, arrested 1941, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1941-1945
Josef Reuland, died later
Franz Reinisch, decapitated in Brandenburg prison on August 21, 1942
Karl Renner, sentenced to prison
Everhard Richarz, died February 13, 1941 after arrest and medical experimentation
Hermann Richarz, Dachau 1942-1945
Heinrich Richter, died April 4, 1945 in Buchenwald
Winfrid Riedl, Benedictine, Dachau 1942-1945
Paul Riedmatter, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1944-1945
Franz Riepe, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died August 13, 1942
Johannes Ries, arrested and tried several times, came to Dachau in 1942, where he died January 1945
Andreas Rieser, Buchenwald, Dachau
Albert Riesterer, Dachau 1941-1945
Hans Rindermann, Dachau 1941-1945
Benedikt Rodach, Dachau 1941-1945
Heinrich Römer, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Augustin Rösch, Jesuit, arrested, tortured and sent to Dachau, which he survived
Martin Rohrmeier, Dachau1941-1945
Josef Rohrmoser, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Augustin Rosch, Dachau 1945
Josef Rossaint, "the soul of an alleged conspiracy to undermine national socialism by a Catholic-Communist united front," arrested February 6, 1936, sentenced in 1937 to 11 years in the penitentiary for preparation for high treason, for "consorting with known Communists"
Josef Rossberger, arrested in 1933, tortured for 7 days, sentenced to 8 months for saying that Goering and the Nazis participated in the burning of the Reichstag, refusing to allow his students to listen to political speeches on the radio, and giving his students access to foreign periodicals in his possession
Father Rossman, arrested in 1934 for the "striking of a Nazi flag"
Johannes Roth, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1943
Leonhard Roth, Dominican, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1943-1945
Hans Rothe, Dachau 1940-1943
August Ruf, died April 8, 1944, consequence of his imprisonment
Johann Ruggenthaler, arrested by the Gestapo in 1938 and 1944.
Heinrich Rupieper, arrested and tried 1934, imprisoned, Dachau 1942-1945
Hess Sales (Johann) Benedictine, Dachau 1941-1945
Jacob Sauer, Dachau 1941-1945
Peter Schafer, came to Dachau in 1940, where he died in 1941
Wilhelm Schamoni, under arrest 1939, 1940, Dachau 1940, Buchenwald 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Joseph Scheffen, arrested and imprisoned in 1942, 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Konrad Scheffler, Dachau 1944-1945
Franz Scheider, Dachau 1941-1945
Hermann Scheipers, Dachau 1941-1945
Georg Schelling, Dachau 1938, Buchenwald 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Martin Schelpers, Dachau 1941-1945
Franz Xavier Scherer, came to Dachau in 1942, where he soon died
Johann Scherling, Dachau 1941-1942
Josef Scherübel, Dachau 1942-1943
Anton Schiess, came to Dachau in 1942, where he soon died
Victor Schiwek, came to Dachau in 1941, where he soon died
Arnold Schiffer, Benedictine, Dachau 1942-1945
Josef Schitter, Dachau 1944
Peter Josef Schlicker, Dachau 1941-1945
Johann Schmalzl, arrested 1940, imprisoned 1941-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Laurenz Schmedding, Dachau 1943-1945
Johannes Schmidl, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Joseph Schmidlin, died January 1, 1944 in Schirmeck concentration camp
Bruno Schmidt, Jesuit, imprisoned 1942-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Father Schmidt, served with a summons in Austria 1938 charging him with having written anti-Nazi racial doctrines
Karl Schmidt, imprisoned 1939; Sachsenhausen 1940, Dachau1940-1945
Richard Schmidt, Dachau, imprisoned 1940, Auschwitz, Dachau 1942-1945
Heinrich Schmiers, came to Dachau in 1942, where he soon died
Hermann Josef Schmitt, Dachau, 1944-1945
Jakob Schmitt, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Johann Schmitt, imprisoned 1942, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1942-1945
Jakob Schneider, Dachau 1944-1945
Richard Alois Schneider, Dachau 1940-1945
Heinrich Schniers, arrested in 1941, sent to Dachau, where he died in August 1942
Franz Schobesberger, imprisoned 1941-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Ferdinand Schönwälder, Auschwitz 1940, Dachau from 1940-1945
Karl Roman Scholz, held in 11 prisons before being guillotined on May 10, 1944
Reinhold Scholz, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Aloys Scholze, came to Dachau in 1941, where he starved to death in September 1942
Benno Scholze, Dachau 1941-1944
Karl Schrammel, Dachau 1941-1944, transferred to Buchenwald where he was killed
Father Joseph Schröder, tried in 1937 for having read from the pulpit a declaration that his bishop had been treated in an unworthy manner
Pater Schroffner, Dachau 1939, died in Buchenwald 1940
Heinrich Schulte, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Johannes Schulz, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died of starvation in 1942
Wenzel Schulz, Dachau
Herman Schumacher, Dachau 1943-1945
Emil Schumann, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Otto Schuster, came to Dachau in 1942, sent to his death 1942
Theodor Schwake (Father Gregor), Benedictine, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Johann Schwall, Dachau 1941-1945
Anton Schwarz, Dachau 1940-1941
Bernhard Schwentner, executed October 30, 1944 in Brandenburg
Johann Schwingshackl, died in 1944before death sentence was carried out
Johann Seelig, Dachau 1943-1945
Alexander Seewald, Dachau 1940, Mauthausen-Gusen 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Edelfriend Seibold, Benedictine, sentenced to imprisonment in May 1942
Friedrich Seitz, Mauthausen-Gusen, 1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Josef Seitz, Dachau 1942
Heinrich Selhorst, Arrested 1939, Dachau 1942-1945
Erich Selzle, Mauthausen and Dachau 1937-1945
Matthias Semeliker, arrested by the Gestapo in 1943, sent to Dachau, survived
Herbert Simoleit, executed November 13, 1945 in Halle
Alois Sindler, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1941-1945
Pater Singer, Dachau
Father Sinnigen, arrested 1935 in Dusseldorf
Johann Smolik, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Father Hans Sollacher, convicted in 1934 of defaming the government and the Nazi party
Josef Sommer, Dachau 1940
Johannes Sonnenschein, Dachau 1942-1945
Pater Sovedsberg, Dachau
Mathias Spannlang, crucified upside down in Buchenwald on June 5, 1940
Walter Sparber, imprisoned 1939, 1940 Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1945
Anton Spies, imprisoned 1941-1943, sent to Dachau in 1943, where he died in 1945
Ludwig Spiessl, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Auguste Spitz, imprisoned 1942, Dachau 1943-1945
Franz Xaver Spitzbauer, Jesuit, Dachau 1945
Gustav Spitzig, Benedictine, arrested 1939, Dachau 1944-1945
Walter Spix (Father Alfons) came to Dachau in 1942, where he died August 10, 1942
Rudolf Springer, arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Wilhelm Stadniczuk, Dachau 1941-1945
Anton Stahl, Dachau 1944-1945
Josef Stahl, Dachau, 1943-1945
Hermann Stamschroer, Dachau 1941-1945
Pater Stange, arrested
Josef Stangl, Dachau 1940-1945
Alois Starker, Dachau 1943-1945
Adolf Staudacher, imprisoned 1941-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Karl (Hartmann) Staudacher, Franciscan, arrested by the Gestapo in 1943
Viktor Steffek arrested by the Gestapo in 1944
Andreas Stein, Dachau 1944-1945
Johann Steinbock, imprisoned 1941, Dachau 1942-1945
Heinrich Steiner, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Karl Steiner, Dachau
Bernhard (Leovigild) Steinhoff, Franciscan, Buchenwald, Dachau 1945
Oswald Steiniger, arrested in 1943
Josef Steinkelderer, arrested 1938, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Father Alfred Steinmeier beheaded for high treason in 1944
Johann Steinmayr, killed in Berlin in 1944
Eduard Angelus Steinwender OFM, executed by shooting on April 15, 1944
Heinrich Stieglbauer, came to Dachau in 1942, where he died in 1943
Pater Stoecker, sentenced in Dortmund in 1933to sixteen months in prison for "abusing the Hitler regime from the pulpit."
Father Stoger arrested in 1934 for making unsubstantiated statements
Gerhard Storm, in Dachau from July 1942 until his death in August 1942
Willibald Strohmeyer, murdered by SS on April 22, 1944
Augustin Strohsacker, Benedictine, arrested by the Gestapo in 1939
Karl Strumpf, Dominican, imprisoned 1943-1945, Dachau 1945
Joseph Styp-Rekowski, Dachau 1940-1945
Sigmund Sudik, arrested 1940 by the Gestapo
Heinrich Summereder, sent to Dachau in 1940, where he died in 1943
Walter Süssenbeck, sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for listening to the London radio
Franz Szczygiel, Franciscan; Buchenwald, came to Dachau in 1942, where he died in 1943
Anastasius Szudzinski, imprisoned 1939, 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Johann Tanzer, imprisoned 1942-1943, Dachau 1943-1945
Father Oscar Thaler, convicted 1934 of defaming the government and the Nazi party
Alois Theissen, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Johann Thema, Dachau 1941-1945
Emil Thoma, Dachau 1941-1945
Konrad Trageser, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Ferdinand Trentinalglia, Jesuit, arrested by the Gestapo in 1944, sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison
Josef Triendl, Capuchin, Dachau 1943-1945
Hubert (Ernst) Trompeter arrested 1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Albert Trüby, imprisoned 1940-1941, Dachau 1941-1945
Wilhelm Uhlig, came to Dachau in 1943, where he died in 1945
Karl Ulitzka, Dachau 1944-1945
Fritz Ulrich, Dachau 1942-1945
Hubert Unzeitig (Father Engelmar), sent to Dachau in 1941 where he died in 1945
Johannes Unterberg (Father Reinhold), died May 23, 1940 in Sachsenhausen
Paul Urban, imprisoned 1940, Dachau 1940, Buchenwald 1940, Dachau 1941-1945
Wilhelm Urbasek, Benedictine, Dachau 1942-1945
Father Utsch, fined and sentenced to four years imprisonment in 1935 in Berlin for violating foreign exchange regulations
Hermann Vell, Dachau 1944, sentenced to death, freed by Soviet army
Josef Vehrniak, Dachau
Johannes Verweyen, died March 21, 1945 in Bergen-Belsen
Adalbert Vogel, executed by shooting April 28, 1945 in Altötting
Gustav A. Vogt, came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in 1942
Mainulf von Mallinckrodt, imprisoned 1943-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Karl Graf von Neipperg (Father Karl), Benedictine, arrested 1945
Daniel von Stettin, arrested in 1943
Joseph Voortmans, arrested 1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Alfons Maria Wachsmann, guillotined February 21, 1944 in Brandenburg.
Albrecht Friedrich Wagner, Benedictine, Dachau 1941
Johann Wagner, Dachau
Archbishop Waitz of Salzburg was arrested in 1938 and charged with "complicity in French and Belgian communist plots" after consulting with Cardinal Innitzer in Vienna.
Josef Wallouschek, Dachau 1941-1945
Paul Wasner, imprisoned 1940-1944, Dachau 1944-1945
Erwin Wasserback, Austrian priest arrested and expelled from Germany
Rev. Gregor Watschle, sentenced to pay a $60 fine or serve ten days in jail for "insulting a newspaper"
Max Wdowczyk, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1941
Wilhelm Weber, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Hermann Josef Wehrle, arrested in 1944, sentenced to death and hanged immediately
Hermann Wehrhahn, Dachau
Konrad Weigand, Dachau 1941-1942
Eugen Weiler, Dachau 1942-1945
Father Weinbacher, arrested in Austria in 1939
Ferdinand Weinberger, sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison
Franz Weinmann, Dachau 1942-1945
Karl Weiss, Dachau 1942-1945
Raimund Weissensteiner, arrested by the Gestapo in 1943
Rudolf Wendolsky, imprisoned 1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Emmerich Wenger, Dachau 1940-1944
Bernhard Wensch, Oranienburg, then Dachau 1941until he died in August 1942
Hermann Werhahn, Sachsenhausen, Dachau 1940-1942
Alban Wertheim, Dachau 1943-1945
August Wessing, 1942-1945 in Dachau, where he died
Johann Wiedenmann, Jesuit, Dachau 1945
Leopold Wiemker, imprisoned 1939, Dachau 1940-1945
Franz Wilhelm, Benedictine, Dachau 1941-1945
Kurt Willig, Dachau 1942-1945
Albert Willimsky, died February 22, 1940 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Anton Willinsky, came to Dachau in 1942, where he soon died
Ernst Wilm, Dachau 1942-1945
Father Wilmsen, fined and sentenced to three years imprisonment for violating foreign exchange regulations in Berlin in 1935
Dominik Willner, Dachau 1943-1945
Johann Wimmer, imprisoned 1943, Dachau 1944-1945
Franz Winkler arrested in 1942, sentenced to 18 months in prison
Johan Winkler, shot to death April 24, 1945 in Hutthurm
Josef Winter, Dachau 1941-1945
Valentin Witek, sentenced to prison
Max Witt, Dachau 1942
Clemens Wittelsbach, arrested several times by the Gestapo, in 1936 sentenced to 13 months imprisonment
Joseph Witthaut, Dachau 1944-1945
A. Wohlmuth, Dachau
Peter Wolf, Cistercian, Dachau 1941-1945
August (Paulus) Wörndl, Carmelite, guillotined in June 1944
Franz Wöss, Dachau 1938, 1941-1945
Johan Womes, Dachau 1941-1945
Pater Würl, imprisoned 1939, Sachsenhausen 1939-1940, Dachau 1940-1945
Bernhard Wüste, imprisoned 1941, Sachsenhausen 1941-1942, Dachau 1942-1945
Rudolf Zeichen, Dachau 1944-1945
Franz Zeman, Dachau 1942-1945
Franz Zeuch, Dachau 1942
Jakob Anton Ziegler, sent to Dachau in 1941, where he died in May 1944
Johannes Ziesch, Dachau 1941-1945
Josef Kaspar Zilliken, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Dachau in 1940, where he died October 3, 1942 of starvation
Johannes Zimmermann, Dachau 1941-1945
Father Zinefer, beaten to death by Nazis with rubber batons in front of the Munich Cathedral in June 1933
Heinrich Zöhren (Father Dionys), Capuchin, died came to Dachau in 1941, where he died in February 1943