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.

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.

Jägerstätter, Franz, 1907-1943

Zahn, Gordon C. (Gordon Charles), 1918-2007

Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968

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.

Gordon Zahn

1962 July 9

Thomas Merton Center Collection; Section A (Correspondence); Zahn, Gordon; 1962/07/09.