Martin Albertz

Martin Albertz (7.5.1882, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt – 29.12.1956 in Berlin) was a German clergyman, resistance fighter, and teacher. As Superintendent of the deanery of Spandau () within the Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union he—clinging to the Confessing Church—opposed the Nazis. He was imprisoned by the Nazis during the Second World War for his church activities. He was the half-brother of theologian and politician Heinrich Albertz.

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Further reading

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Albertz, Martin. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Band 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2., unveränderte Auflage Hamm 1990, , Sp. 88.
• Peter Noss: Martin Albertz (1883 – 1956) – Eigensinn und Konsequenz: das Martyrium als Kennzeichen der Kirche im Nationalsozialismus. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener 2001