Public figures who refused to take the oath Hitler oath
thousands of military officers reportedly claimed ill avoid taking oath, forced after returning duty. refused so: karl barth (swiss theologian); consequences: loss of professorship martin gauger (probationary judge state prosecutor in wuppertal); consequences: forced retirement of position state prosecutor franz jägerstätter (austrian conscientious objector); consequences: execution in 1943; beatified in 2007 josef mayr-nusser (from bozen), after call-up duty in waffen-ss; consequences: death penalty, died on way dachau concentration camp joseph ruf (de) („brother maurus“ of christkönigsgesellschaft (rel.)), consequences: death penalty franz reinisch (pallottines padre austria), after call-up duty in german wehrmacht; consequences: execution beheading in 1942 ^ knickerbocker, h. r. (1941). tomorrow hitler s? 200 questions on battle of mankind. reynal & hitchcock. p. 9.