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| The '''German Catholics’ Peace Association''' (''Friedensbund Deutscher Katholiken'') was a Catholic peace association founded in ] in 1919 by Fr. ], a Roman Catholic priest. | |||
| Metzger had served as military chaplain, in the German Imperial Army during ]. Metzger became convinced that “future wars have lost their meaning, since they no longer give anybody the prospect of winning more than he loses.” At war's end, Metzger established the German Catholics’ Peace Association. He sought links to the international pacifist movement, strongly advocated the ecumenical idea of peace, and soon became known as a leading German pacifist.<ref>; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013</ref> | |||
| Metzger was targeted by the Nazi authorities and arrested on several occasions by the Gestapo. He was arrested for the last time in June 1943 after being denounced by a mail courier for attempting to send a memorandum on the reorganisation of the German state and its integration into a future system of world peace to ], the Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala. Sentenced to death, he was executed on April 17, 1944.<ref>; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013</ref> Social worker ] was another high profile member of the Association. For her work aiding Nazi victims including the Jews and foreign prisoners of war, Luckner was arrested in 1943 and only narrowly escaped death in the concentration camps.<ref>; German Resistance Memorial Centre, Index of Persons; retrieved at 4 September 2013</ref> | |||
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