Gerecke, Henry, -1961

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Name (Latin)
Gerecke, Henry, -1961
Other forms of name
Gerecke, Henry, d. 1961
Date of birth
1893-08-02
Date of death
1961-10-11
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 5821198
Wikidata: Q1606709
Library of congress: n 90612191
Wikipedia description:

Reverend Henry Fred Gerecke (/gɛrəki/; August 4, 1893 – October 11, 1961) was a Lutheran minister who worked as a pastor, evangelist, prison chaplain, and US Army hospital chaplain. He is most well known for his work as a chaplain during the Nuremberg Trials following the end of the Second World War, when he ministered to leading figures of the German Nazi Party who were on trial for war crimes.

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