we stopped teaching the bible in schools in 1963.
we stopped teaching the bible in schools in 1963.
when did we stop teaching the bible in schools?
1963
he was ordered to stop teaching catechism in 1952 and was ordered to live outside of his parish on two occasions in 1952 and 1954 in an attempt by the communists to hinder his work. he was made vice-dean of the nowy żmigród deanery in 1957 and was later appointed as its dean in 1962. in 1963 he established the conciliar works of charity. on 25 november 1963 he was arrested and jailed two months after he had surgery to remove a thyroid gland; his show trial on 16 and 17 december 1963 saw him sentenced for 30 months for the crime of "forcing" religion on people in the area. father findysz was transferred to a prison hospital on 25 january 1964 where he suffered from esophageal cancer though surgery was postponed and he was left to suffer before his release on 29 february. by this stage the tumors were deemed to be inoperable and so he was forced to live in pain until his death a few months later. he was admitted to hospital in april 1964 to see a specialist who advised against surgery.
władysław findysz
“in the third reich the steiner schools – just as they are today in the ddr – were forbidden. after 1945, erich schwebsch and ernst weissert together with many other friends rebuilt the movement once again. by 1968 there were already 29 schools, from 1971 until today (1981) the number has risen from 35 to 70. (…) the father of seventy schools not only affected the course of these schools right up to the year 1981, when the light of his eyes had already nearly dimmed, with unbroken vitality and inspiration; he at the same time raised his own 13 highly gifted children, who today all stand successfully in professional life. when i advised him 15 years ago to devote himself exclusively to his leadership function within the bund der freien waldorfschulen and to, at least stop teaching, he answered me, “if i only organise, i stop living. i have to be able to look into the eyes of the children. i have to teach – then i can also organise the teaching of others.”
ernst weissert