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pp\ta1iFanatic or Saint, U Tint b the QuestionNOTRE DAME, Ind. (AP) -If During World War Q. Frans Jagerstatter was a German Christian who regarded the Hit- j ler regime as immoral and re-jr fused to report for military ser-jg vice. Rejecting ideas from his .defense attorney, his parishpriest and his wife to abandon his “senseless position, he was beheaded for his “crime.”Writing about the case in ajlt;national Catholic weekly, Ave]1 Maria, Grodon C. Zahn analyses the question of whether Jaf»|l erstatter was a fanatic or a|l martyr - saint Contents el his letters reveal he never wavered! 1 Min love of his family, but that j1 I he abandoned himself to God’s will in refusing to support an unjust, immoral regime, Zahn writes, adding:“One would like to say that this man is universally revered in his country, but such is not|] the case ... Except for his pastor and ... his survivors, only one or two of his fellow Rede-11gunders . . . entertain the pos-* i sibility that he w© someday be officially recognised . . as* martyr-saint ”j - 1ir
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Fri, Feb 19, 1965
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