About Martin Albertz
Lived 1883 – 1956 (aged 73). Martin Albertz was a German university teacher and protestant theologian.
Martin Albertz (7.5.1882, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt – 29.12.1956 in Berlin) was a German clergyman, resistance fighter, and teacher. As Superintendent of the deanery of Spandau within the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union he—clinging to the Confessing Church—opposed the Nazis. He was imprisoned by the Nazis during the Second World War for his church activities.
He was the half-brother of theologian and politician Heinrich Albertz.
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Who was Martin Albertz?
German clergyman and teacher (1883-1956)
When was Martin Albertz born?
Martin Albertz was born on 7 May 1883 in Halle (Saale).
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Martin Albertz died on 29 December 1956 in Berlin.
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Martin Albertz was a university teacher and protestant theologian.
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Martin Albertz was German.
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