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2 unusual facts about Antonius Hilfrich


Antonius Hilfrich

Amid 1941 Catholic protests over Nazi euthanasia led by Bishop August von Galen of Munster, Hilfrich wrote to Franz Gürtner, the German Minister for Justice, to denounce the murders, calling them an "injustice that cries out to heaven".

Antonius Hilfrich (also Anton Hilfrich) born 3 October 1873 in Lindenholzhausen, died 5 February 1947, was a German priest and Roman Catholic Bishop of Limburg, Germany.



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