Photograph of Sankt Radegund cemetery in Austria with grave of Franz Jägerstätter circled in pen by Gordon Zahn as a postcard sent to Thomas Merton, 1962 July 9.
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Title
Photograph of Sankt Radegund cemetery in Austria with grave of Franz Jägerstätter circled in pen by Gordon Zahn as a postcard sent to Thomas Merton, 1962 July 9.
Subject
Jägerstätter, Franz, 1907-1943
Zahn, Gordon C. (Gordon Charles), 1918-2007
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
Description
Thomas Merton asked Gordon Zahn if he had a photograph of the grave of Franz Jägerstätter. Zahn sent Merton a photograph with the grave marked in pen. Blessed Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian, Catholic lay person, and conscientious objector during the Second World War. The Nazi regime denied him an alternative to armed combat. He was imprisoned and executed in 1943.
Creator
Gordon Zahn
Date
1962 July 9
Identifier
Thomas Merton Center Collection; Section A (Correspondence); Zahn, Gordon; 1962/07/09.
Citation
Gordon Zahn, “Photograph of Sankt Radegund cemetery in Austria with grave of Franz Jägerstätter circled in pen by Gordon Zahn as a postcard sent to Thomas Merton, 1962 July 9.,” Merton Center Digital Collections, accessed October 28, 2020, https://merton.bellarmine.edu/items/show/17834.