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Clemens August Kardinal Graf von GalenDinklage, Vechta 1878 - Münster 1946Bishop of Münster; during World War II, he led Catholic protest against Nazi euthanasia and denounced Gestapo lawlessness and the persecution of the church (Wikipedia) |
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1988 |
Commemorative plaque with portrait, a 1941 quote of Cardinal Von Galen: "Become hard! Stay firm! We are not hammer, but anvil. What is forged on the anvil, gets its shape not only from the hammer, but also from the anvil", and Galen's coat of arms as cardinal. The plaque is on the south wall of the 'Kerzenkapelle' (Candle Chapel), with in front of it a sculpture of an anvil and a hammer on a tree trunk.
»Hart werden! Fest bleiben!Clemens August Kardinal von Galen Bischof von Münster 1933-1946 |
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