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- Lohmeyer was a prominent theologian of the early part of the twentieth century who rose to be rector of Breslau university in the early 1930s and when forced out of that post by Nazi colleagues was transferred to Greifswald.
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Ernst Lohmeyer (8 July 1890 – 19 September 1946) was a German scholar of the New Testament, Protestant theologian and Bible professor, executed by Soviet authorities occupying the former East Germany.
But thanks to theologian James R. Edwards, this fall I can add one more name to that cloud of witnesses: the German Lutheran Ernst Lohmeyer, who stood fast against Nazism and survived fighting...
Jan 19, 2021 · Lohmeyer was a prominent theologian of the early part of the twentieth century who rose to be rector of Breslau university in the early 1930s and when forced out of that post by Nazi colleagues was transferred to Greifswald.
Jun 18, 2019 · In 1946, a man named Ernst Lohmeyer disappeared from East Germany. It took me three decades to piece together his story.
Oct 1, 2021 · Ernst Lohmeyer resisted Nazism at its deepest and most malevolent level, its anti-Semitism. He wrote a courageous letter to Martin Buber, whose book “I and Thou” was destined to be one of the most influential books of the twentieth century.
The Patron of the Faculty Building. When Ernst Lohmeyer joined the University (1935-1946), Greifswald acquired one of the most distinguished New Testament scholars without any special effort.
Sep 18, 2019 · On February 15, 1946, the Soviet NKVD raided the home of Ernst Lohmeyer just hours before his inauguration as the president of Greifswald University in Germany. Lohmeyer had survived active duty in both World War I and World War II. A New Testament scholar and theologian, he resisted the rise of Nazi fascism as a member of the Confessing Church.
