Richard Henkes was a German Catholic priest belonging to the Pallottine order who lived from 1900 to 1945. Known for his courageous preaching, he frequently used his position in the pulpit to denounce the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime, including the murder of people with disabilities. His vocal opposition and indirect support for the German resistance eventually led to his arrest by the SS. He spent his final years in the Dachau concentration camp, where he died after contracting typhus while caring for sick inmates.