The Rev. Heinrich Grueber, a German Protestant minister who under Hitler showed rare gallantry in aiding Jews as well as “non-Aryan” Christians, has asked the Protestant Bishop of Vienna to intervene with the Austrian Government on behalf of adequate indemnification for the victims of Nazi persecution, notably those of Jewish descent.
In his appeal to Bishop Dr. Gerhard May in Vienna, the Rev. Gruber, who is official representative of the German Protestant Church to the East German Government and also Provost of St. Mary’s Lutheran Church in West Berlin, points out that the situation of Nazi victims is “even more catastrophic” in Austria than in Germany. “I know that the Protestant Church in Austria is small,” he wrote, “but where justice and truth are at stake, every voice must be lifted.” During the Nazi regime, Provost Grueber never wavered in his uncompromising stand against Nazi discrimination and persecution of Jews.
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