Martin Albertz
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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 (German: Kirchenkreis 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.
Further reading[]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Albertz, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2., unveränderte Auflage Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1, Sp. 88.
- Peter Noss: Martin Albertz (1883 – 1956) – Eigensinn und Konsequenz: das Martyrium als Kennzeichen der Kirche im Nationalsozialismus. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener 2001 ISBN 3-7887-1843-9
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- 1882 births
- 1956 deaths
- People from Halle (Saale)
- German Protestant clergy
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