Fr Max Metzger was executed in Brandenburg-Görden Prison Germany April 17th 1944 for his stand for World peace and Christian Unity.
Max Josef Metzger - 1887 - 1944
Nicky Gumbel, Founder of Alpha International Christian Ministry, in conversation with Catholic Composer, Cormac O'Duffy.
Nicky tells the story of his own German and Jewish roots, while Nicky and Cormac both mark the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of Catholic priest Fr Max Josef Metzger.
Metzger was executed in Brandenburg-Görden Prison Germany April 17th 1944 for his stand for World peace and Christian Unity. It was significant that this year on April 17th 2024 a Memorial Service could be held in his honour on the 80th anniversary of his martyrdom in Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Germany.
Together Nicky and Cormac, look forward to April 17th 2033 - the 89th anniversary of Metzger's execution and the global events surrounding the 2000th anniversary of the Resurrection of Jesus.