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Engelmar Unzeitig

Engelmar Unzeitig

Blessed
March 2 · 1911–1945

Engelmar Unzeitig (1911, Hradec nad Svitavou — 1945, Dachau concentration camp) — Blessed, Catholic priest. Feast day: 2 March.

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Engelmar Unzeitig was a German Catholic priest of the Mariannhill Missionaries who lived from 1911 to 1945. Born Hubert Unzeitig, he entered the religious order and was ordained shortly before the start of World War II. He was eventually imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp by the Gestapo for defending Jewish people during his sermons. Known as the "Angel of Dachau," he provided spiritual care to prisoners and studied Russian to better assist those from Eastern Europe. He died in the camp from typhoid in 1945.

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