On this day 75 years ago, Bd Jakob Gapp, Marianist priest was beheaded by the Nazis on charges of treason. He had instructed his students to love all people. "God, not Adolf Hitler, is your God," he proclaimed. With help from friends he escaped to Spain...
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He was lured back to France by Gestapo agents posing as catechumens--then arrested and transported to Germany. During interrogation he defended his faith so boldly that Heinrich Himmler voiced regret that there were not more Germans equally committed to National Socialism.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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