Alfred delp biography

German Jesuit resistance fighter (1907–1945)

Alfred Friedrich DelpSJ (German:[ˈalfʁeːtˈdɛlp]^ⓘ; 15 September 1907 – 2 February 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and philosopher of the German Resistance.

A member of the inner Kreisau Circle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism.

Alfred delp biography

Falsely implicated in the failed 1944 July Plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler, Delp was arrested and sentenced to death. He was executed in 1945.

Early life and education

Alfred Delp was born in Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, to a Catholic mother Maria, née Bernauer and a Protestant father Johann Adam Friedrich Delp.

Although he was baptised as a Catholic, he attended a Protestant elementary school and was confirmed in the Lutheran church in 1921. This was due to the influence of his paternal grandmother. Following a bitter argument with the Lutheran pastor, he requested and received the sacraments of First Communion and Confirmati