Gerhard Hirschfelder was a German Catholic priest who became a known critic of the Nazi regime. Born in 1907 in Kłodzko, he dedicated much of his pastoral work to adolescents, whom he viewed as the future of the Church. His vocal opposition to Nazi propaganda and his condemnation of the destruction of Christian imagery led to his arrest in 1941. He was subsequently sent to the Dachau concentration camp, where he died in 1942 from pneumonia and starvation.