Fritz Gerlich
Fritz Gerlich | |
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 Gerlich in 1929 | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich 15 February 1883 Stettin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 30 June 1934 (aged 51) Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Nazi Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich (15 February 1883 – 30 June 1934) was a German journalist and historian, and one of the leading journalistic resistors of Adolf Hitler. He was arrested and later killed and cremated at the Dachau concentration camp.
The cause for his canonization commenced on 16 December 2017 and he is now referred to as a Servant of God.