Johann Gruber

Dr. Johann Gruber (October 20, 1889 – 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 his ritual death by the camp commandant on Holy Friday 1944.[1] 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.[1]

Notes and references
  1. KZ Mauthausen-GUSEN Dr. Johann (Papa) Gruber (The Saint of Gusen)

Further reading
  • Wagner, Helmut (2000). Dr. Johann Gruber. In: Jan Mikrut (ed.): Blutzeugen des Glaubens. Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhunderts. Bd. 2.: Diözesen: Graz-Seckau, Linz. Wien: Dom Verlag, ISBN 3-85351-162-7, pp. 135–148.
  • Schlager-Weidinger, Thomas (ed.) (2010). Dr. Johann Gruber, Christ und Märtyrer, Linz, ISBN 978-3-9501682-5-9


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