Matthias Spanlang

Matthias Spanlang (February 20, 1887, in Kallham – June 5, 1940, in Buchenwald concentration camp) was an Austrian priest, opponent of National Socialism and prisoner in Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps. He was executed, probably by being crucified upside down, after baptizing a fellow inmate into the Catholic faith.

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