A historical slip up here?How could they dare claim it was typhoid fever, not "nαzι gas" that wiped out prisoners in Dachau?
Blessed Fr. Richard Henkes, S.A.C., A Picture of His Life by Fr. Alexander Holzbach, S.A.C.
In April 1943, after a homily, he was sent to prison and finally to the Dachau cσncєnтrαтισn cαмρ. With the prisoner number 49642, he was forced to work in Dachau in various places. Even under these inhumane conditions, he was moved - as before in Strandorf - by concern for the people, and especially about the reconciliation between Germans and Czechs. Here in the cσncєnтrαтισn cαмρ, Father Henkes continued learning the Czech language, which he had already begun to learn in his parish.
The lower left corner of the picture shows the devotion of Father Henkes to his fellow prisoners and his commitment to reconciliation.
At the end of 1944, a major typhoid epidemic broke out in Dachau. This also affected Block 17, where Father Henkes worked as a "cantinero" and a secret pastor. When the block was quarantined because of the risk of infection, Father Henkes volunteered to stay in the Block and assisted the sick in a human and spiritual way.