Angela Maria Autsch
Venerable1900–1944
Angela Maria Autsch (1900, Röllecken — 1944, Auschwitz) — Venerable, nun.
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Angela Maria Autsch was a German nun of the Trinitarian Order who lived from 1900 to 1944. Born Maria Cäcilia Autsch in Röllecken, she joined her religious congregation in Austria in 1934. During the Second World War, she became a prisoner of the Nazi regime after expressing opposition to the political leadership. While held in concentration camps, including Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, she served as a nurse and provided spiritual support to other inmates. She is recognized by the Catholic Church as a venerable for her heroic virtue and resistance.

