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Alfred Delp was born Born September 15, 1907, Mannheim, Germany. His parents were Friedrich Delp and Maria Delp.
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Delp joined the Jesuits when he was the age of 19.he continued his studies for ten years and worked with the Germans, that made it harder after 1933 with the interference of the Nazi's.
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In 1931 he took up a role as prefect and teacher in a Jesuit school at Feldkirk, Austria. But soon after Delp and many others were forced out of Austria.
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On march 12, 1933 the first concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin. This made many Jews upset.
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on January 30, 1933 German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler to be the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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In 1935, Delp published his Tragic Existence, propagating a God-based humanism and reviewing the existentialism of Martin Heidegger. This also is what led him to being a priest.
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On September 15, 1935, German Jews were stripped of rights by Nuremberg Race Laws. The Nuremberg Race Laws of 1935 Granted German Jews of their rights of citizenship.
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Germany further breaches Versailles by marching their troops into Austria. Hitler later announces that Germany will not continue any further expansion.
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Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany the following two days. This was significant to acts of resistance in Poland because Hitler was taking peoples homes to put Germans there.
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Britain and France declared war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcast the announcement that the country was at war.
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April 1941. He was then assigned as rector of St. Georg Church, He preached at both Heilig-Blut and St. Georg, and also secretly helped Jews who were escaping to Switzerland through the underground.
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In 1941, the Nazis produced a propaganda film, it explained more about their ‘mercy killing’ of the handicapped. He spoke about how important people with and with disability's are, both as individuals and in terms of their significance in the community.
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On September 1, 1941, the Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars. This would make Jews mad because they are being classified as a different race.
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September 29, 1941, Nazis murder 33,771 Jews during the battle at Kiev. This also upsets many Jews not only because they had family but also because that is a lot Jewish people.
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Delp was concerned with the future of Germany Delp joined the Kreisau Circle. This is a group that worked to design a new social order. He was He was arrested with other members of the circle after the attempted assassination of Hitler in 1944.
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On July 20th 1944, A failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler led to the arrest of Alfred Delp. on Christmas, he was smuggled out right before his trial.
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In July 1944, Alfred Delp as well as the rest of the Kreisau circle planned to assassinate Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. They did so by planting a bomb but unfortunately it failed to explode.
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Alfred Delp was hanged to death on February 2, 1945. For the attempted assasination of Adolf Hitler.
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In January 1945, he was put on trial. there was no evidence found for his complicity in the assassination attempt. But his judge was a Nazi who hated Christianity, and hated Jesuits above all. Delp was sentenced to death.
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on April 30, 1945 Adolf Hitler dies. He committed suicide in his underground bunker.
