“My offense is that I believed in Germany and her eventual emergence from this dark hour of error and distress, that I refused to accept that accumulation of arrogance, pride, and force that is the Nazi way of life, and that I did this as a Christian and a Jesuit.”—Alfred Delp
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Alfred Delp SJ was hanged Feb 2 1945 for his part in an anti-Nazi group planning a new Christian order after the defeat of Hitler. “If thru one man’s life there is a little more love and kindness, a little more light and truth in the world, he will not have lived in vain.”

Feb 2, 2020 · 1:00 AM UTC

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