Below is an alphabetical overview of all of the individuals and groups of the Christian resistance profiled in the exhibition.
Click on a name to access the biography view with various exhibition windows documenting a selected individual’s biography and resistance.
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Barth, Karl
Swiss professor of theology who influenced the Confessing Church profoundly.
Becker, Karl-Heinz
An Astute Opponent of National Socialism
Bell, George
English bishop and leading exponent of ecumenism, supporter of the Confessing Church.
Bodelschwingh, Friedrich von
Head of the Bethel institutions and opponent of "euthanasia".
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Pastor, most prominent representative of the Confessing Church and member of the military resistance.
Breslau Synod of 1943, The
An important impetus to the church’s assumption of global responsibility.
Buttersack, Hans
Conservative opponent of National Socialism and attorney of the Confessing Church in Nassau.
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Galen, Clemens August Graf von
Bishop of Münster, courageous opponent of the “euthanasia” program.
Gauger, Martin
Jurist of the Confessing Church and conscientious objector.
Goes, Elisabeth
Pastor’s wife and helper of persecuted Jews.
Gollwitzer, Helmut
Pastor of the Confessing Church with contacts in the military resistance.
Gschlössl, Nikolaina
Champion of the full pastoral office for women, Social Democrat and opponent of Nazi racial ideology.
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Koch, Johannes
Pastor of the Confessing Church, criticized Jew-baiting and refused to take the oath to the "Führer".
Krause, Gerhard
Pastor, opponent of the Nazi's weltanschauung, condemned to death for undermining the war effort.
Kreisau Circle, The
The Kreisau Circle, an exceptional group of political and intellectual resistance, formed in early 1940.
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Maus, Georg
Religion teacher, resigned from the Nazi Teachers’ Association , charged with “undermining the war effort”.
Mayer, Rupert
“Not even in death did Father Mayer fall …”
Metzger, Max Josef
Catholic priest, pacifist, ecumenist and social reformer. Executed in 1944.
Meusel, Margarete (Marga)
Social worker, champion of solidarity with racially persecuted Christians.
Moltke, Helmuth James Graf von
Jurist, presided with Yorck von Wartenburg over gatherings at the Kreisau estate discussing measures against the Nazi re
Mörike, Otto and Gertrud
Pastor and his wife, refused to participate in the 1938 “elections”, helped persecuted Jews.
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Parsonage Chain, The
Group of pastors that hid Jews threatened with deportation and extermination.
Pechmann, Wilhelm Freiherr von
Banker, Layperson in Senior Church Posts and Critic of Regional Bishop Meiser
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Schmitz, Elisabeth
Advocate of the church’s solidarity with persecuted Jews.
Schneider, Paul Robert
Pastor of the Confessing Church, murdered in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Schröder, Johannes
Wehrmacht chaplain, active in the National Committee for Free Germany.
Staritz, Katharina
City vicar in Breslau, helped Christians of Jewish descent.
Steinbauer, Karl
Pastor of the Confessing Church, Opponent of the Nazis, Critic der Bavarian Church Government
Stöffler, Johanna and Eugen
Pastor and wife, members of the Church-Theological Society in Württemberg, aided persecuted Jews.
Sylten, Werner
Pastor of the Confessing Church, aided “non-Aryan” Christians.