Nachdem der Bochumer Pfarrer Hans Ehrenberg dank der Unterstützung des englischen Bischofs George Bell 1939 aus dem Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen entlassen … Mehr
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Karl Steinbauer’s leaflet „For if one believes with the heart, he is justified, and if one confesses with the mouth, he is saved. (Romans 10:10)“ written calligraphically on March 21, 1939 in cell 18 of the Neu-Ulm District Court Prison: „A faith which we do not confess is no faith! ‚I believe, therefore I speak!‘ That is a death sentence, that one speaks oneself, if one says: ‚Pastor, I think exactly like you, but one may say nothing.‘ – I know how difficult it often is to open one’s mouth, but let us admonish and encourage one another to open our mouths for our Lord Christ, and let us look to Him alone, to whom all authority is given in heaven and on earth.“
After pastor Karl Steinbauer was imprisoned in the district court prison in Neu-Ulm on January 15, 1939, following a nocturnal … Mehr
Karl Steinbauer’s Confirmation sermon on Ephesians 6:10-20 (1939): „As I write these lines, I am sitting in my cell in prison. – You who later go to the table of the Lord and strengthen yourselves for the battle that is decreed for you, and you are incorporated into the fellowship of the body and blood of Christ, into the fellowship of the King of all kings – that is how I was able to strengthen myself yesterday with my wife in the Holy Supper. In one hour I will leave the prison here and will be taken to the concentration camp in Sachsenhausen. I thank you all, especially you dear confirmands, for your faithfulness, which you have testified to me again, and I know: It was not meant for my person, but for our faithful Savior, who was faithful for us even unto death …“
The confirmation sermon with reference to Ephesians 6:10-17 and Luther’s „Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott“ (Our God is a … Mehr
Fritz Bauers Schlussplädoyer im „Remer-Prozess“ von 1952: „Ein Unrechtsstaat, der täglich zehntausende Morde begeht, berechtigt jedermann zur Notwehr gemäß § 53 StGB. Jedermann war berechtigt, den bedrohten Juden oder den bedrohten Intelligenzschichten des Auslandes Nothilfe zu gewähren. Insoweit sind alle Widerstandshandlungen durch den § 53 StGB gedeckt.“
Für die moralisch-rechtliche Beurteilung des Widerstandes vom 20. Juli 1944 in der Bundesrepublik hat Fritz Bauer im Remer-Prozess im März … Mehr