Q. Father, where is your parish?

A. My present parish is at Wolfseck near Regensburg.

Q. Has that been your parish for some time in the past?

A. That has been my parish for 3 years and 3 months.

Q. Where was your parish before that?

A. Before my trial, my parish was at Vilseck.

Q. Father, where were you born and when?

A. I was born on 28 April 1909 at Bernhausen, in the Holledau [Central Bavaria].

Q. What education did you have, and where was it?

A. For 4 years I attended grammar school in my own home village Hadersbach. Then, for 9 years I went to the high school at Straubing. Then, for 5 years I attended the university at Innsbruck, and for 1 year the Theological Seminary at Regensburg. In 1934 I was consecrated priest. Then, I was assistant vicar in several places. At the end, I was at Vilseck. Then my trial started, and after my trial from 1 February 1944 I have been a priest at Wolfseck.