Waldemar Maximilian Nestor
| Waldemar Maximilian Nestor | |
|---|---|
| Parish priest of Drvar | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Banja Luka |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2 February 1917 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 December 1888 Groß Strehlitz, German Empire |
| Died |
27 July 1941 (aged 52) Trubar (near Bihać, Independent State of Croatia |
| Nationality | German |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Parents | Anton and Julija (neé Hepner) Nestor |
Waldemar Maximilian Nestor (12 December 1888 – 27 July 1941) was the first Roman Catholic priest known to have been murdered in World War II in Yugoslavia.[1]
Life
Waldemar Maximilian Nestor was born in Groß Strehlitz to Anton and Julija (née Hepner) Nestor. His family moved near Banja Luka in Austria-Hungary when his father got a job there as a state forester. Therefore, he continued education at the Trappist Mariastern Abbey.
He was ordained a priest on 2 February 1917 as a member of the abbey where he served as a teacher in the 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.
As the majority of Catholics of the parish had lived in Drvar, Father Nestor 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, at Trubar near Bihać, Chetniks stopped the train and killed the group. After, the bodies were tossed into the Golubnjača pit.[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.