Freemasonry in Nazi Germany

[stephenaulds]

Hello all,

I'm trying to gather information on the suppression of Masonry during the nazi period of German history for a talk I'm going to give before my Lodge up here.

The most inspirational example of Masonic perseverance I've come across with this topic (or any other for that matter) has been this...

Liberté chérie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It's a Lodge that was run from inside one of the camps!!

Does anyone know where I can go to find out more about this Lodge, or about German Masons of this time period?

 

[vangoedenaam]

All i know is that the Dutch grandmaster died in german prisoncamp. http://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermannus_van_Tongeren_sr. Google translate may help you there.


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[Mike Martin]

This is not exactly what you want but it will give you a better understanding of what went on over here at that time: http://forum.thefreemason.com/Topic35640.aspx

 

[crono782]

I'd started putting together a similar paper of Freemasonry in Germany some time back and never finished it. I sourced the following links (nothing special, but it's what I used):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression_of_Freemasonry#Nazi_Germany_and_occupied_Europe
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007187
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/hitler.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0007_0_06772.html
http://bessel.org/forgnot.htm
http://www.grandlodgeofscotland.com...ay/articles/104-freemasonry-in-germany-part-i
http://www.grandlodgeofscotland.com...y/articles/103-freemasonry-in-germany-part-ii

EDIT: hah, I didn't realize this thread was started over a year ago. doh

 

[hanzosbm]

I know that I'm very late to the party, but I thought this was an interesting tidbit to add.

I have reconnected with distant relatives in Germany and recently had a story related to me of one of them. He was the grandfather of a woman I communicate with frequently living a bit southeast of Stuttgart. He was a Freemason prior to the outbreak and after the war was over, though was relatively private about it, so not a whole lot was known by my relative. She did say that he used to listen to British radio broadcasts in his attic in secret, though she couldn't say if he was actively part of any resistance. In addition, he was a town leader and when instructed to destroy a town bridge by soldiers outright refused, turned his back, and walked away, fully expecting to be shot. He wasn't. I wish I knew more about him, because he sounds fascinating.