Vicar Apostolic Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Germany
In office 15 September 1914 – 13 August 1930
Preceded by
Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Apostolic Prefect Schleswig-Holstein
In office 15 September 1914 – 13 August 1930
Preceded by
Heinrich Hubert Aloysius Voß
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
26 March 1877 Lingen, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
23 November 1955 Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Cause of death
Heart attack
Resting place
St. Peter's Cathedral, Osnabrück
Nationality
German
Political party
Center Party
Alma mater
University of Münster University of Breslau
Profession
Clergyman
Hermann Wilhelm Berning (26 March 1877 – 23 November 1955) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Osnabrück from 1914 to his death in 1955. Politically, he was a conservative and a German nationalist and his attitude toward the Nazi regime is a matter of controversy among historians.
Hermann WilhelmBerning (26 March 1877 – 23 November 1955) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Osnabrück from 1914 to his death in 1955. Politically, he...
Catholic Church and Germany in 1933, Hitler said to Bishop of Osnabrück WilhelmBerning: "I have been attacked because of my handling of the Jewish question...
behalf of the Polish Jews. During a meeting with Roman Catholic Bishop WilhelmBerning of Osnabrück On April 26, 1933, Hitler declared: I have been attacked...
Popolare party which dissolved in 1926. At a 26 April meeting with Bishop WilhelmBerning of Osnabrück, representative of the German Bishops' Conference, Hitler...
discovering what their government was doing to the Jews in occupied Poland". WilhelmBerning, for example, knew about the systematic nature of the Holocaust as...
his diocese. Years in parentheses are the years of their episcopate. WilhelmBerning, bishop of Osnabrück (1914–1955) Cardinal Adolf Bertram, archbishop...
and Bavarian conferences (led by Munich's Michael von Faulhaber). WilhelmBerning of Osnabrück and Archbishop Conrad Grober of Freiburg presented the...
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August Graf von Galen with Cardinal Karl Joseph Schulte, Bishop Rudolf Bornewasser of Trier and Bishop WilhelmBerning of Osnabrück in procession in 1933....
Nazi Party and Their Deputies, 1925–1945. Vol. 1 (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Hüttmann). R. James Bender Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 978-1-932-97021-0....
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Hitler met the representative of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop WilhelmBerning of Osnabrück, on 26 April. At the meeting, Hitler declared: I have...
Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Marr (November 16, 1819 – July 17, 1904) was a German journalist, Racial socialist and politician, who popularized the term "antisemitism"...
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Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 1786 – 16 December 1859) was a German author and anthropologist. He was the younger brother of Jacob Grimm...
director, Constantin Noppel (1883–1945), over the Osnabrück bishop, WilhelmBerning who expressed doubts over whether educating children could really be...
The University of Bern (German: Universität Bern, French: Université de Berne, Latin: Universitas Bernensis) is a public research university in the Swiss...
sometimes known as six-eyed crab spiders. Its specific name honours Carl Wilhelm Hahn. All species of Hexophthalma produce venom that can have dermonecrotic...
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (German pronunciation: [ˈeːrɪç ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːdn̩ˌdɔʁf]; 9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general...
Paul Friedrich Wilhelm Balmer (1865–1922) was a painter from Basel. He was born in Basel as the son of mathematician Johann Jakob Balmer. He was educated...
the east wing ("Bundeshaus Ost") was built from 1884 to 1892 under Hans Wilhelm Auer. Under Auer's direction, the parliament building in the center was...
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