Had he signed the oathand it was placed upon a table in his jail cell each day until the day of his deathhe would most likely not have been executed. This is a fascinating tale for all to hear and take note. The lie that Franz Jgersttter refers to is an oath of loyalty to Hitler. As a teenager, he fathered a child out of wedlock, led a motorcycle gang. Hear about Franz's dream and vision about the train that took the men from his town to join the Nazis and how he heard the words "Get off that train to Hell." John ends his podcast with a warning to us as we face the path to Fascism and gives us strength to pursue nonviolence with noncooperation just like Franz Jagerstatter did. Jagerstatter started out like your average wild kid. The recent movie production "A Hidden Life" tells the story of a man most people have never heard of before. Franz Jgersttter era un contadino austriaco nato a Sankt Radegund il 20 maggio 1907, obiettore di coscienza perch si rifiut di arruolarsi nellesercito. Premiering in competition, Terrence Malick’s latest film ‘A Hidden Life’ tells the true story of Franz Jagerstatter, an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jgersttter was sentenced to death and executed for his refusal to. But Franz's faith was stronger and he refused. Franz Jgersttter, OFS was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. ![]() He tells how Franz went to the church and asked what he should do when being told to join the Nazi army and how church bishops and priests all told him he should do as they say. Discover Franz Jagerstatter: Letters and Writings from Prison by Erna Putz and millions of other books available at Barnes & Noble. ![]() He tells how he considers Franziska a saint as well as a Franz. Recognition of Blessed Franz came to pass only because of the discovery of the Jgersttter story by the American Catholic sociologist Gordon Zahn in the. As a young priest John visited Austria and met Franziska, Jagerstatter's wife. John tells how Franz would not give up his spiritual beliefs to participate in killing. He was Beatified in 2007 by the Roman Catholic Church. Franz was arrested and beheaded by the Nazis. In this podcast John Dear speaks to the journey to Fascism today with the true life story of Austrian Franz Jagerstatter, a farmer who refused to join the Nazi army in 1943 to fight on the Russian front knowing he would die if he refused.
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