Franz Jagerstatter: Episode Two
The Saints
The Merry Beggars
4.8 • 648 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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🗺️ Franz Jagerstatter - Episode Two: Nazis at the Door
1937. As Adolf Hitler begins his conquest of Austria, newlyweds Franz and Fani make a honeymoon pilgrimage to Rome. Franz has read more about his Catholic faith and about the Nazi political project. When he hears the pope give a stirring anti-fascist speech, he is more resolved than ever to resist the Nazis and their strongman leader, no matter the cost.
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Franz’s story tells the true power of every life to spread God’s love to others. Franz offers his own prison meal to a starving inmate, a grace-filled gesture amid cruelty. Fani’s unwavering faith in her husband, even when the world despises him, radiates hope. Even as two people against their entire world, Franz and Fani remain close to God through each other, giving a true example of sacramental marriage.
This series contains moments of danger and intensity, including raised voices. It includes depictions of beatings, imprisonment, and execution by guillotine. Characters undergo interrogation, moral coercion, and physical abuse. Nazi ideology is discussed and condemned. A priest is arrested during Mass, and several scenes portray emotional distress, especially within a young family facing separation and death.
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| 0:00.0 | 1937. As Adolf Hitler begins his annexation of Austria, newlyweds Franz and Fani make a honeymoon pilgrimage to Rome. |
| 0:12.0 | Franz has read more about his Catholic faith and about the Nazi's political project. |
| 0:18.0 | When he hears the Pope give a stirring anti-fascist speech, he is more resolved than ever to |
| 0:24.1 | resist the Nazis and their strongman leader no matter the cost. |
| 0:33.8 | The Saints |
| 0:35.0 | Adventures of Faith and Courage |
| 0:38.0 | Franz Yeagerstader |
| 0:39.9 | Episode 2 |
| 0:41.3 | Nazis at the door |
| 0:43.4 | Listen to all the episodes |
| 0:45.2 | and discover news shows at the saintspodcast.com |
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| 1:04.5 | Thank you. I've never seen the Holy Father in person before. |
| 1:20.1 | Shh, quiet. |
| 1:22.5 | There he is. |
| 1:24.4 | Dear brethren, the storm of war blackens the German skies. |
| 1:30.9 | Enemies of God are exulting their race and their civil authority over the authority of God. |
| 1:39.0 | The false doctrine of the Nazis is a apostasy. |
| 1:44.1 | We must reject it. |
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