Albert Merz

Albert Merz (died April 3, 1941) was a German Christadelphian who was executed for refusing to bear arms in the Second World War.

The Urchristen church had its German origins due in part to the efforts of a Stuttgart tradesman Albert Maier who had travelled to the United States before World War 1 and had been introduced to Christadelphian beliefs while residing in America.

Albert Maier subsequently joined the Christadelphian church there and then returned to Germany to the Stuttgart area before start of hostilities.

After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Christadelphian church, or as they were then known - the Urchristen, attracted particular attention for their pro-Jewish views and their belief that God would restore the Jews to a national homeland in Israel.

[5] Albert Merz was called up for military service in early 1941, but immediately refused on the basis of conscientious objection as his brothers had done before him.