Steinmayr, Johann#
Steinmayr, Johann, b. Gsies (South Tyrol), Sept. 25, 1890, d. Brandenburg (Germany, executed), Sept. 18, 1944, Jesuit priest. Worked in pastoral care (especially with families and male adults) in Innsbruck, head of the ´Eucharist League of Nations´. Arrested by the Gestapo 1943 and condemned to death for "weakening the power to fight" (Wehrkraftzersetzung) by the "People´s Court" (Volksgerichtshof) in Berlin 1944.P>
Literature#
K. v. Vogelsang-Inst. (ed.), Gelitten fuer Oe., 1988.