Caspar Klein
(1865-1941)
Died aged c. 76
Wikidata WikipediaCaspar Klein (born 28 August 1865 in Elben; died 25 January 1941) was a Catholic Archbishop of Paderborn, Germany, during the Nazi era. As Archbishop of Paderborn in the 1930s, Klein protested the anti-Christian propaganda put out by the Nazis. Documents prepared by the American OSS, and used in evidence at the Nuremberg Trials, record that the Nazis were cautious with regard to the murder of church leaders, and conscious of not wanting to create martyrs. Nevertheless, Catholic leaders frequently faced violence or the threat of violence, particularly at the hands of the SA, the SS or Hitler Youth. A number of cases were cited by the OSS, including one against Archbishop Klein of Paderborn.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Friedr. Wilh. Weber Der Sänger v. Dreizehnlinden 1813 - 94 Engelb. Humperdinck Komponist 1854 - 1921 Karl Weierstrass Mathematiker 1815 - 1897 Caspar Klein Erzbischof v. Paderborn 1865 - 1941 Wilhelm Ealdeyer Anatom 1886 -1921 Johannes Linneborn Dompropst 1867 - 1933 Wilhelm Schneider Bischof von Paderborn 1847 - 1909 Wilhelm Cuno Reichskanzler 1876 - 1933 Franz Hitze Soziapolitiker 1851 - 1921 Paul Lejeune-Jung Mitgl. d. Widerstands-Regier.g 1882 - 1944 Clemens Baeumker Philosophiehistoriker 1853 - 1924 Franz Hengsbach Kardinal 1910 - 1991 [full inscription unknown]
Theodorianum, Paderborn, Germany where they was a student