16 Facts About Ernst Lohmeyer

Ernst Lohmeyer was a German scholar of the New Testament, Protestant theologian and Bible professor, executed by Soviet authorities occupying the former East Germany.

Ernst Lohmeyer was born on July 7,1890, in Dorsten, as a son of parson, Carl Heinrich Ludwig Lohmeyer.

Ernst Lohmeyer worked as professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Breslau.

Ernst Lohmeyer was rector of the university in 1930 and 1931.

Ernst Lohmeyer demonstrated his friendship and solidarity with Jewish professors Martin Buber and Jonas Cohn, in an era of strong antisemitism.

Ernst Lohmeyer wrote to Martin Buber in 1933 that "the Christian faith is only Christian as long as it retains in its heart the Jewish faith".

Ernst Lohmeyer became a military officer in the Netherlands and Belgium and on the German East front, on the territory of Poland, and Russia.

Ernst Lohmeyer remained a Wehrmacht officer from 1939 to 1943 and distinguished himself by wise and courageous leadership and benevolent oversight of occupied areas.

On February 15,1946, Ernst Lohmeyer was arrested by the Soviet NKGB, at midnight and whisked away while his home was being ransacked before the eyes of his astonished wife.

Ernst Lohmeyer's family knew no details for the next twelve years.

Ernst Lohmeyer was killed on September 19,1946 while in Soviet custody.

Ernst Lohmeyer's death was officially confirmed on December 12,1957.

Ernst Lohmeyer was rehabilitated by the Russian government on August 15,1996.

Ernst Lohmeyer published over three hundred items, among them monographs on New Testament ecclesiology, the Philippians-Colossians-Philemon corpus, the Gospel of Mark, New Testament history and backgrounds, the Book of Revelation, the relation between Old and New Testament traditions, the historical Jesus, eschatology, and Pauline theology.

Ernst Lohmeyer interprets the Book of Revelation as a thoroughly eschatological book.

Ernst Lohmeyer was the author of hundreds of works still unpublished.