Johann Nobis
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Johann Nobis was an Austrian conscientious objector
Conscientious objector
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion....

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Life

Johann Nobis was born to a farmer in the Holzhausen municipality St. Georgen bei Salzburg. As one of Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The religion reports worldwide membership of over 7 million adherents involved in evangelism, convention attendance of over 12 million, and annual...

, he refused to take the oath of alliegiance to Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

. He was arrested and sentenced to death due to decrease of defence power by the Reich's court-martial on November 23, 1939.

He was imprisoned at Plötzensee Prison on December 20, 1939, where he was executed on January 6, 1940. On the day of his execution, five other Jehovah's Witnesses from Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

 were executed as well.

His farewell letter to his mother is archived at the DÖW, donated by Gertrud Feichtinger-Nobis.

Stolpersteine

On July 19, 1997 the artist Gunter Demnig
Gunter Demnig
Gunter Demnig is a German artist. He is best known for his "Stolperstein" memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution and oppression in Nazi Germany.- Biography :...

 installed two stolpersteine
Stolpersteine
Stolperstein is the German word for "stumbling block", "obstacle", or "something in the way". The artist Gunter Demnig has given this word a new meaning, that of a small, cobblestone-sized memorial for a single victim of Nazism...

 for Johann Nobis and his brother Matthias Nobis in front of their birth house in Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg
Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg
Sankt Georgen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.-Overview:On July 19, 1997 the artist Gunter Demnig installed two Stolpersteine for Johann Nobis and his brother Matthias Nobis in front of their birth house in Holzhausen at the invitation of ...

 at the invitation of Andreas Maislinger
Andreas Maislinger
Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.- Studying and learning :...

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Gunter Demnig was a guest of the Arts Initiative KNIE
Arts Initiative KNIE
Arts Initiative KNIE was founded as an initiative for contemporary art in 1995 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. It is the origin of the stolperstein project in Braunau am Inn District....

 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Oberndorf bei Salzburg
Oberndorf bei Salzburg is a town in the Austrian state of Salzburg, about 17 km north of the City of Salzburg. It is situated on the river Salzach in the Flachgau district.-Overview:Its twin sister-town across the Salzach Bridge is Laufen in Bavaria...

. He has installed over 20,000 stolpersteine for victims of the National Socialist regime.
In the nearby Sankt Radegund
Sankt Radegund
Sankt Radegund is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, named after Saint Radegund. It is situated at the western rim of the Innviertel region, where the Salzach river forms the border to the German state of Bavaria.Originally a part of the stem...

 a Stolperstein for the beatified
Beatification
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...

 Franz Jägerstätter
Franz Jägerstätter
Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, O.F.S., was an Austrian conscientious objector during World War II. Jägerstätter was sentenced to death and executed...

 was set up in 2006.

Further reading

  • Zuchthauskataster Berlin-Plötzensee (DÖW 3133).
  • Letter from Gertraud Nobis to Dr. Andreas Maislinger
    Andreas Maislinger
    Andreas Maislinger is an Austrian historian and founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service and Braunau Contemporary History Days.- Studying and learning :...

    , November 11, 1986.
  • 'Widerstand und Verfolgung in Salzburg 1934-1945', page 325, pages 339-341, DÖW
    Dow
    -People:*Herbert Henry Dow , founder of Dow Chemical Company*Charles Dow , founder of Dow Jones & Co*James R. Dow, professor of German language*Paula Dow , 58th Attorney General of New Jersey*Neal S...

    (ed.)
  • 'Denn es steht geschrieben: "Du sollst nicht töten!"', page 406; Marcus Herrberger, Verlag Österreich
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