Father Georg Häfner never had any intention to confront the Nazi regime head-on. But his quiet, daily fidelity to his priestly ministry landed him in Dachau.
Born in Würzburg, Bayern, Germany, in 1900, at the end of the Great War, after having done his military service for a year, he began to study theology and became a member of a Catholic student association.
Growing up in the shadows of a Carmelite monastery and participating in Mass as an altar server nourished the seed of his vocation. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 13, 1924.
Pfarrer Georg served as pastor of Oberschwarzach in Franken. Refusing the give the Nazi salute, his preaching and pastoral initiatives annoyed the Nazi regime. On October 3, 1941, he was detained briefly, and on the 31st of the same month, arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was branded with the number 28 876. He died there on August 20, 1942, of abuse and malnutrition.
His urn was first buried in Würzburg's Main Cemetery until being transferred to the Kollegiatstift Neumünster in 1982.
Häfner was beatified on May 15, 2011, by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Born in Würzburg, Bayern, Germany, in 1900, at the end of the Great War, after having done his military service for a year, he began to study theology and became a member of a Catholic student association.
Growing up in the shadows of a Carmelite monastery and participating in Mass as an altar server nourished the seed of his vocation. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 13, 1924.
Pfarrer Georg served as pastor of Oberschwarzach in Franken. Refusing the give the Nazi salute, his preaching and pastoral initiatives annoyed the Nazi regime. On October 3, 1941, he was detained briefly, and on the 31st of the same month, arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was branded with the number 28 876. He died there on August 20, 1942, of abuse and malnutrition.
His urn was first buried in Würzburg's Main Cemetery until being transferred to the Kollegiatstift Neumünster in 1982.
Häfner was beatified on May 15, 2011, by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Father Georg Häfner never had any intention to confront the Nazi regime head-on. But his quiet, daily fidelity to his priestly ministry landed him in Dachau.
Born in Würzburg, Bayern, Germany, in 1900, at the end of the Great War, after having done his military service for a year, he began to study theology and became a member of a Catholic student association.
Growing up in the shadows of a Carmelite monastery and participating in Mass as an altar server nourished the seed of his vocation. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 13, 1924.
Pfarrer Georg served as pastor of Oberschwarzach in Franken. Refusing the give the Nazi salute, his preaching and pastoral initiatives annoyed the Nazi regime. On October 3, 1941, he was detained briefly, and on the 31st of the same month, arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was branded with the number 28 876. He died there on August 20, 1942, of abuse and malnutrition.
His urn was first buried in Würzburg's Main Cemetery until being transferred to the Kollegiatstift Neumünster in 1982.
Häfner was beatified on May 15, 2011, by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
Born in Würzburg, Bayern, Germany, in 1900, at the end of the Great War, after having done his military service for a year, he began to study theology and became a member of a Catholic student association.
Growing up in the shadows of a Carmelite monastery and participating in Mass as an altar server nourished the seed of his vocation. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 13, 1924.
Pfarrer Georg served as pastor of Oberschwarzach in Franken. Refusing the give the Nazi salute, his preaching and pastoral initiatives annoyed the Nazi regime. On October 3, 1941, he was detained briefly, and on the 31st of the same month, arrested and taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was branded with the number 28 876. He died there on August 20, 1942, of abuse and malnutrition.
His urn was first buried in Würzburg's Main Cemetery until being transferred to the Kollegiatstift Neumünster in 1982.
Häfner was beatified on May 15, 2011, by Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
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