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Max Josef Metzger
Max Josef Metzger | |
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 1887 – 1944 | |
| Born | 3 February 1887 Schopfheim, Baden, Germany |
| Died | 17 April 1944 (aged 57) Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany |
| Beatified | 17 November 2024, Freiburg Minster, Germany by Cardinal Kurt Koch |
| Feast | 17 April |
| Influenced | Thomas Merton |
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Max Josef Metzger (3 February 1887 – 17 April 1944) was a Catholic priest and leading German pacifist.[1] Due to his activities for peace between nations, Metzger was a thorn in the side of the National Socialists. After being arrested several times, Max Josef Metzger was executed in Brandenburg-Görden Prison in 1944. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2024.
- ^ Max Josef Metzger; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013
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