Claudio Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) Dear forumites, Visiting Munich and some of the beautiful re-constructed churches shamefully and utterly destroyed during WW2, I had the opportunity to go to the Bürgersaalkirche where lies the remains of the Blessed Rupert Mayer ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Mayer ) and a museum about his life. I was surprised to see that there were also his medals and pictures of WW1 exposed; Mayer served in the East Front and lost his left leg in 1916. The world needs more people like Blessed Pater Mayer; he once said that a Christian could never be a Nationalsocialist... Although the regime has prohibited him to preach and spread the God's word in public (Redeverbot), he was consequent until the very end to his beliefs and was arrested many times and spent some time in the KZ in Sachsenhausen. Let's honour him and all the people with civil courage against dictaturship, oppresion and for the freedom of speech. Merry Christmas to all forumites! Claudio P.S.: notice the ribbon on the BMVO 4 mit Kr. u. X... ;-) Edited December 22, 2009 by Claudio
Claudio Posted December 22, 2009 Author Posted December 22, 2009 Some more objects and memorabilia which belonged to Pater Mayer...
Luke Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Merry Christmas and thanks for sharing - what a great group....
Deruelle Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Claudio, Very nice group indeed. Do you know the unit he served during WW1 ? Can't clearly see the ribbon of the BMVO4aX, it is possible for you to make a close up please ? Mery Christmas to you and all forum members Christophe
TacHel Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 Outstanding! What a great thing to learn of such people! Thanks for sharing!:cheers:
Claudio Posted December 22, 2009 Author Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) Bonsoir Christophe! I can't read the text on the BMV document but I found this description... ;-) Claudio Edited December 22, 2009 by Claudio
Claudio Posted December 22, 2009 Author Posted December 22, 2009 Pater Mayer saw mostly action on the Eastern front, since he remained with the 8th Bavarian Res-ID until 1917. After this date he has been discharched and the Division returned in the Western front (Flanders): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Bavarian_Reserve_Division_(German_Empire) Ciao, Claudio
VtwinVince Posted December 22, 2009 Posted December 22, 2009 A very brave and principled man, right up there with others such as Martin Niemoeller.
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