1962-07-09: Postcard to Merton from "Zahn, Gordon Charles, 1918-2007." Photograph of Sankt Radegund cemetery in Austria with grave of Franz Jägerstätter circled in pen by Gordon Zahn sent to Thomas Merton, 1962 July 9.
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1962-07-09: Postcard to Merton from "Zahn, Gordon Charles, 1918-2007." Photograph of Sankt Radegund cemetery in Austria with grave of Franz Jägerstätter circled in pen by Gordon Zahn sent to Thomas Merton, 1962 July 9.
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
Zahn, Gordon Charles, 1918-2007 See all items with this value
Date
1962 July 9 See all items with this value
Identifier
Thomas Merton Center Collection; Section A (Correspondence); Zahn, Gordon; 1962/07/09.
Subject
Jägerstätter, Franz, 1907-1943 See all items with this value
Zahn, Gordon C. (Gordon Charles), 1918-2007 See all items with this value
Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968 See all items with this value
Tag
Franz Jägerstaetter See all items with this value
First Lines
A picture of the St Radegund Church - as per request. The Jägerstaetter burial place is marked