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Catholic Dean Said Arrested Bv Nazi PoliceBv the Associated PressBERLIN Nov n - The RevBeni hard Lie h ten berg, dean of St. Hedwig's Roman Catholic cathedra! here and sometimesrepresentative of the bishop inBerlin, has been arrested byGerman secret police and is being held in Ploetzensee prison in the northwestern section oi theeltv reliable sources said duringthe week-end.Prayers for JensThese sources said he had been in custody for two weeks, accused among other things ofprayers for Jews against whom intensive Nazi measures recently have been renewed.His sermons, it was said alsoundoubtedly figured m his arrest as they did last summer in his questioning by the gestapcAt that time he was called to the secret police headquarters for questioning about sermons in j which he supported criticismthat the Catholic bishop of Muenster. the Most Rev. CountClemens August von Galen, directed, against the Nazi and thegestapo in particular.193* AttacksThe bishop of Muenster begun his attacks n Naxitsm as early as 1934 when he decried what he termed persecution ofthe Catholics in GermanyAs recently as last Sept 10 theoutspoken bishop denounced what he said was the killing in Germany of persons deemed ‘unworthy to live** because they were “tmpr xiuctive.**
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Mon, Nov 10, 1941
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