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Fr. Bernhard Lichtenberg
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| Born | 3 December 1875 Ohlau, Prussian Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 5 November 1943 (aged 67) While being transported from Berlin to Dachau concentration camp, Germany |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (Germany) |
| Beatified | 23 June 1996, Germany, by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Germany |
Bernhard Lichtenberg ( 3 December 1875 – 5 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest who became known for repeatedly speaking out, after the rise of Adolf Hitler and during the Holocaust, against the persecution and deportation of the Jews. After serving a jail sentence, he died in the custody of the Gestapo on his way to Dachau concentration camp. Raul Hilberg wrote: "Thus a solitary figure had made his singular gesture. In the buzz of rumormongers and sensation seekers, Bernhard Lichtenberg fought almost alone."
He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1996 and recognized as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem in 2004.
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