[2][5] He was arrested in 1938 for attempting to persuade a girl not to be wed to a man of questionable morals and was sent to Dachau before being transferred to Buchenwald where he died after being hanged upside down, nailed to a tree, practically crucified.

[3][4][6] Neururer's beatification was celebrated on 24 November 1996 based on the fact that he died as a result of "odium fidei" (the hatred of the faith).

[1][5][2] He served as a curate and as a teacher of religious education in the Saint James parish from 1917 until 1932 following his ordination and later joined the Christian Social Movement (in the spirit of the papal document Rerum Novarum) despite the fact that it put him at odds with his conservative superiors.

Neururer was arrested on 15 December 1938 as a result of his actions on the charge of "slander to the detriment of German marriage" and sent on 3 March 1939 to the Dachau Concentration Camp before later being sent on 26 September 1939 to Buchenwald where he faced frequent torture.

[4][6][5][1] Neururer, despite suspecting a trap, agreed to perform a forbidden baptism at the camp for a prisoner who approached him in April 1940 and was sent to the punishment block when his action was discovered not long after.

[1][5] It was said that this execution was conducted on the orders of the sadistic SS Hauptscharführer (master sergeant) Martin Sommer – the "Hangman of Buchenwald".

Neururer was cleared for beatification on 12 January 1996 after Pope John Paul II confirmed that the priest had died "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith).