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(St. Michaelskirche)

Hermann Lange

Leer 1912 - Hamburg 1943
Roman Catholic priest and martyr of the Nazi period in Germany. He was guillotined in a Hamburg prison by the Nazi authorities in November 1943, along with the three other Lübeck martyrs. Lange was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011
(Wikipedia)

Karl-Ludwig Böke
199?

Description

Bronze plaque with portrait.

Inscription(s)

VIKAR HERMANN LANGE
geboren am 16.4.1912 in leer.

wegen widerstandes gegen den
nationalsozialismus gemeinsam
mit drei weiteren geistlichen
am 23.6.1943 in lübeck zum tode
durch enthaupten verurteilt

hingerichtet
am 10.11.1943 in hamburg

Signature

K.L. Böke 9?

Sculptor

Karl-Ludwig Böke (Leer 1927 - Oldenburg 1996), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Norbert Fiks, Denkmäler in Ostfriesland.

Locatie (N 53°13'41" - E 7°26'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dens188; Photograph: 26 April 2014
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