Waldemar Maximilian Nestor
| Waldemar Maximilian Nestor | |
|---|---|
| Parish priest of Drvar | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Banja Luka |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2 February 1917 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 12, 1888 Groß Strehlitz, German Empire |
| Died |
July 27, 1941 (aged 52) near Trubar, Independent State of Croatia |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Parents | Anton and Julija (neé Hepner) |
| Occupation | Priest |
Waldemar Maximilian Nestor (12 December 1888 - 27 July 1941) was the first Roman Catholic priest killed in World War II in Yugoslavia.[1]
Life
Waldemar Maximilian was born in Groß Strehlitz to Anton and Julija (née Hepner). He attended school in St. Petersburg. His family moved near Banja Luka in Austria-Hungary when his father got a job there as a state forester. Therefore, he continued education in Trappist Mariastern Abbey.
He was ordained a priest on 2 February 1917 as a member of Maristern Abbey where he served as a teacher in Abbey's elementary school and as a governor of the Abbey's resources. In 1931 he left the Trappist order and joined the diocesan priests after which he was appointed parochial vicar in Ljubunčić. In 1936 he was transferred to Bosanski Petrovac where he was appointed parish priest. Since the majority of Catholics of the parish had lived in Drvar Waldemar moved the parish seat there.[2]
Death
On 26 July 1941 he went with his parishioners on a pilgrimage to Saint Ann near Knin. On the way back to Drvar on 27 July, in village Trubar on the station Vaganj, Serbian Chetnik rebels stopped the train from which they separated pilgrims. After they killed them they threw their bodies into a pit Golubnjača.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Vukšić, Tomo. "Prvi ubijeni svećenik bačen u jamu Golubnjaču". Glas Koncila. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- 1 2 Vukšić, Tomo. ""Dan ustanka" - ubojstvo župnika iz Drvara i Bosanskog Grahova". Katolički tjednik. Retrieved 30 December 2015.