Alfons Tracki
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Alfons Tracki (2 December 1896 – 18 July 1946) was an
Life and martyrdom
Tracki was born in Bleischwitz, German Empire (now Poland) on 2 December 1896, born to Josef Tracki and Martha (née Schramm), of mixed Polish-German ancestry. Alfons grew up in a village in Upper Silesia. When he attended school, he had contact with the Christian School Brothers. He requested to be admitted to the community at their provincial school in Vienna at age 14. He was accepted, and after a novitiate of two years became a member on 16 August 1913, with the religious name Gebhard. He was sent to Albania before World War I and taught at the Xaverian College in Shkodër. With the outbreak of the war, he returned to his home village. He served in the military for two years. He also completed his vows during the war. After the war, he returned to Shkodër, where he studied philosophy and theology. He was ordained as a priest on 14 June 1925 by Lazër Mjeda, the archbishop there.[2] He exercised his ministry in Northern Albania, teaching in the schools and organizing sports for the youth.[3]
Tracki became chaplain at the
Communist partisans under
Literature
- ISBN 3-7016-2461-5
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b Radovani, Fritz. "Një monument nën dhé". Zemra shqiptare (in Albanian). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
- ^ a b c Gazeta Tema (5 November 2016). "Vatikani lumnon 38 kleriket shqiptare rane per fe e per atdh" (in Albanian). Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-595-89612-7
- ^ Flocchini, Emilia. "Beati Martiri Albanesi (Vincenzo Prennushi e 37 compagni)" (in Italian). Santiebeati. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
External links and other literature
- (in Albanian) Alfons Tracki, sur kishakatolikeshkoder.com (last seen 5 December 2016).
- (in German) Seligsprechung zweier deutscher in Albanien ermordeter Priester, on de.zenit.org of 29 April 2016 (last seen 5 December 2016).
- ISBN 3-7016-2461-5.
- Helmut Moll (ed. for ISBN 978-3-506-78080-5, Band II, S. 1186–1189.
- Helmut Moll: Märtyrer-Pfarrer Alfons Tracki aus Oberschlesien (1896–1946) wird seliggesprochen. In: Schlesische Nachrichten 20/2008, p. 7