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Johann Gruber
1889–1944
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
Johann Gruber (October 20, 1889 â April 7, 1944), also known as "Papa Gruber" and "The Saint of Gusen", was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest who was imprisoned in Concentration Camp Gusen I from 1940 until he was murdered by the camp commandant on Holy Friday 1944.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Mauthausen concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Johann Gruber (October 20, 1889 â April 7, 1944), also known as "Papa Gruber" and "The Saint of Gusen", was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest who was imprisoned in Concentration Camp Gusen I from 1940 until he was murdered by the camp commandant on Holy Friday 1944. In the concentration camp, Gruber helped many others survive by raising funds from outside the camp and bribing the SS men and kapos in order to organise the delivery of food to starving inmates.
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