About Hermann Josef Wehrle
Lived 1899 – 1944 (aged 45). Hermann Josef Wehrle was a librarian, resistance fighter, pastor, journalist, catholic priest and catholic theologian.
Hermann Josef Wehrle (26 July 1899 – 14 September 1944) was a German Catholic priest who was killed after the 20 July plot.
Wehrle was drafted into the German Army in World War I. On 10 December 1918 he joined the Catholic Priest seminary at Fulda but quit soon and began to study Philosophy and Catholic philosophy in Frankfurt. He worked as a journalist and at the public library of Frankfurt.
In 1938 Wehrle worked at the public school of Marktbreit, but was forced to resign because of his lack of support for the Nazis. He then started to study Catholic theology at the abbey of St. Ottilien. After the monastery was dissolved in April 1941 Wehrle joined the priest seminary of Freising and was ordained on 6 April 1942. He worked at the Catholic congregations of Planegg and in Heilig Blut (Munich – Bogenhausen) and was in contact to Alfred Delp.
Wehrlestraße in Bogenhausen is named after him.
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Who was Hermann Josef Wehrle?
German resistance member (1899-1945)
When was Hermann Josef Wehrle born?
Hermann Josef Wehrle was born on 26 July 1899 in Nuremberg.
When did Hermann Josef Wehrle die?
Hermann Josef Wehrle died on 14 September 1944 in Berlin.
What was Hermann Josef Wehrle's occupation?
Hermann Josef Wehrle was a librarian, resistance fighter, pastor, journalist, catholic priest and catholic theologian.
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Hermann Josef Wehrle's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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