RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Alojs Andritzki

1914 - 1943

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Alojs Andritzki (firstname also written Aloys, in Upper Sorbian Alojs Andricki, '2 July 1914 - 3 February 1943) was a Sorbian Roman Catholic priest who suffered martyrdom in the Dachau Concentration Camp in 1943. He was ordained as a priest just prior to the beginning of World War II in which he became a vocal critic of the Nazi regime and its actions; this earned him their ire and he was arrested before being sent to the Dachau concentration camp where he was administered a lethal injection. His beatification was celebrated in Dresden on 13 June 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alojs Andritzki is the 2,011th most popular religious figure (down from 1,823rd in 2019), the 3,351st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,076th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Alojs Andritzki ranks 2,011 out of 3,187. Before him are Moriteru Ueshiba, Jacopo Sadoleto, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, George Pell, Yeshe Tsogyal, and Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun. After him are Willigis, José Policarpo, Gianfranco Ravasi, John Francis Regis, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, and Agag.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Alojs Andritzki ranks 175. Before him are Ehmetjan Qasim, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Poul Hartling, Luis Mariano, Kevin McCarthy, and Gyula Cseszneky. After him are Paul Rand, E. G. Marshall, Giuseppe Baldo, Lajos Baróti, Dorival Caymmi, and Magda Frank. Among people deceased in 1943, Alojs Andritzki ranks 123. Before him are Winnaretta Singer, Yury Tynyanov, Walther von Hünersdorff, René de Saussure, Hristo Lukov, and Erich Bey. After him are Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, W. S. Van Dyke, Bernhard Lichtenberg, Curt Haase, Henner Henkel, and Rutka Laskier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alojs Andritzki ranks 3,351 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Boie (1789), Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804), Paul Renner (1878), Erich Bey (1898), Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1748), and Hans Hotter (1909). After him are Willigis (940), Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710), Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754), Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883), Christian Berkel (1957), and Nuri Şahin (1988).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Alojs Andritzki ranks 85. Before him are Johann Theodor of Bavaria (1703), Karl Lehmann (1936), Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644), Ludwig Müller (1883), Alfred Delp (1907), and Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125). After him are Willigis (940), Melchior Hoffman (1495), Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1407), Johannes Cocceius (1603), Conrad of Urach (1170), and Antje Jackelén (1955).

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