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Br Mutwald William

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Br Mutwald William

Birth
Osnabrück, Stadtkreis Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
12 Feb 1945 (aged 37)
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
Burial
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Memorial ID
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Given name WILHELM HENGELBROCK

Executed by the Japanese

On February 12, 1945, a Japanese military officer along with 20 soldiers forcibly made their way into the De La Salle college, which was then a refuge for 70 people, including 30 women and young girls, 16 De La Salle Christian Brothers and the college's chaplain-Redemptorist Father Cosgrave CSSR (an Australian), and the adult men of two families. The then De La Salle College Director-Brother Egbert Xavier FSC (an Irishman) was about two days earlier forcibly taken by a group of Japanese soldiers and was never seen again. The Japanese soldiers herded these people into the school chapel where they were subsequently shot, slashed, or bayoneted. Those who did not die in the attack would be later be left to bleed to death and the Japanese attempted to violate the women who were dying from their wounds. The chapel was then set on fire by the Japanese but since it was built of marble and concrete it was not destroyed. Only ten of the victims survived amongst them only one De La Salle Brother. In the present day, there are supernatural stories about the chapel that is known to all students and employees of De La Salle University, some say that when the Japenese killed all the refugees, there was a flood of blood inside the chapel and the depth of it is marked by red paints on the wall, and at night, there are stories about the ceiling, turning red that is why it is repainted. [http://www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/som.htm The Sack of Manila] [http://www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/ www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/]

The following are those who were massacred in February 1945 by the Japanese:

De La Salle Christian Brothers
• Brother Egbert Xavier FSC – Director
• Brother Flavius Leo FSC
• Brother Alemond Lucian FSC
• Brother Baptist De La Salle Janos FSC
• Brother Adolf Gebhard FSC
• Brother Berthwin Philibert FSC
• Brother Arkadius Maria FSC
• Brother Friedbert Johannes FSC
• Brother Gerfried Joseph FSC
• Brother Lambert Romanus FSC
• Brother Mutwald William FSC[4]
• Brother Paternus Paul FSC
• Brother Rornuald Sixtus FSC
• Brother Hartmann Hubert FSC
• Brother Maximin Maria FSC
• Brother Victorinus Heinrich FSC

The Carlos Family
Jose
Juanita
Asela
Cecilia
Antonio
Mateo (surname unknown)

The Cojuangco Family
Antonio, M.D.
Victoria Uychuico
Natividad de las Alas
Antonio
Ricardo Bartolome
Carlos (surname unknown)
Apolinario (surname unknown)

The Aquino Family
Trinidad Cojuangco

The Kahn Family
Pierre
Josephine

The Uychuico Family
Clemente, M.D.
Ramon

The Vasquez-Prada Family
Enrique Sr.
Helen Loewinsohn
Enrique Jr.
Herman
Alonso
Armenia (surname unknown)

College employees
Anselmo Sudlan
Pamphilio Almodan
Ceferino Villamor
Given name WILHELM HENGELBROCK

Executed by the Japanese

On February 12, 1945, a Japanese military officer along with 20 soldiers forcibly made their way into the De La Salle college, which was then a refuge for 70 people, including 30 women and young girls, 16 De La Salle Christian Brothers and the college's chaplain-Redemptorist Father Cosgrave CSSR (an Australian), and the adult men of two families. The then De La Salle College Director-Brother Egbert Xavier FSC (an Irishman) was about two days earlier forcibly taken by a group of Japanese soldiers and was never seen again. The Japanese soldiers herded these people into the school chapel where they were subsequently shot, slashed, or bayoneted. Those who did not die in the attack would be later be left to bleed to death and the Japanese attempted to violate the women who were dying from their wounds. The chapel was then set on fire by the Japanese but since it was built of marble and concrete it was not destroyed. Only ten of the victims survived amongst them only one De La Salle Brother. In the present day, there are supernatural stories about the chapel that is known to all students and employees of De La Salle University, some say that when the Japenese killed all the refugees, there was a flood of blood inside the chapel and the depth of it is marked by red paints on the wall, and at night, there are stories about the ceiling, turning red that is why it is repainted. [http://www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/som.htm The Sack of Manila] [http://www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/ www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/]

The following are those who were massacred in February 1945 by the Japanese:

De La Salle Christian Brothers
• Brother Egbert Xavier FSC – Director
• Brother Flavius Leo FSC
• Brother Alemond Lucian FSC
• Brother Baptist De La Salle Janos FSC
• Brother Adolf Gebhard FSC
• Brother Berthwin Philibert FSC
• Brother Arkadius Maria FSC
• Brother Friedbert Johannes FSC
• Brother Gerfried Joseph FSC
• Brother Lambert Romanus FSC
• Brother Mutwald William FSC[4]
• Brother Paternus Paul FSC
• Brother Rornuald Sixtus FSC
• Brother Hartmann Hubert FSC
• Brother Maximin Maria FSC
• Brother Victorinus Heinrich FSC

The Carlos Family
Jose
Juanita
Asela
Cecilia
Antonio
Mateo (surname unknown)

The Cojuangco Family
Antonio, M.D.
Victoria Uychuico
Natividad de las Alas
Antonio
Ricardo Bartolome
Carlos (surname unknown)
Apolinario (surname unknown)

The Aquino Family
Trinidad Cojuangco

The Kahn Family
Pierre
Josephine

The Uychuico Family
Clemente, M.D.
Ramon

The Vasquez-Prada Family
Enrique Sr.
Helen Loewinsohn
Enrique Jr.
Herman
Alonso
Armenia (surname unknown)

College employees
Anselmo Sudlan
Pamphilio Almodan
Ceferino Villamor

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