Tinturier, Jean
Item
Name
Tinturier, Jean
Given name
Jean
Family name
Tinturier
One-line bio
Born in Vierzon (Cher) on 20 February, 1921, Jean Tinturier was a seminarian, who trained as a mill operator in order to be sent to Germany to work with the compulsory labour service (STO) workers. He recruited Blessed Marcel Callo to his apostolic activities and was himself sent to Gotha concentration camp where he died on 16 March 1945, three days before Marcel.
Biography
Jean Tinturier was born in Vierzon (Cher) on 20 February, 1921.
After completing his secondary studies, he became a seminarian in the diocese of Bourges. In October 1938, he entered the St Sulpice seminary in Issy-Les Moulineaux, then in 1942 the Carmelite seminary in Paris.
Having reached the age required to leave for compulsory service in Germany established by a Vichy law in 1943, he obtained a deferral as a student to complete a training course as a milling machine operator in Dijon and as a turner in Ivry.
The objective was to gain the skills necessary to go to work in support of French workers doing forced labour in Germany and to hide his status as a seminarian.
Called up for compulsory labour service (STO) on 21 September 1943, he left for Schmalkaden with three other seminarians.
In addition to his eleven hours of work per day in front of a lathe, he organised a mass in French once a month for the 150 Christian workers present at the Sunday mass at the local Catholic Church, out of 800 French workers.
He made contact by mail with the leaders of the clandestine Young Christian Workers in Germany to help them provide moral support to each other.
He also made contact with the priests and seminarians of the neighbouring towns: Eisenach, Gotha, Erfurt. They organised and organised reflection meetings.
Among those he contacted was Marcel Callo, who he recruited to assist in his organising work.
As early as March 1944, they learned of the Gestapo’s ban on any religious movement, particularly the YCW. As a result, Jean Tinturier decided to cease all outside activity.
Nevertheless, he was arrested on 18 April 1944 for “illegal activity” and convicted of Catholic Action. While being held by the Gestapo in Gotha, he was interrogated by a specialist in religious matters.
He joined eleven companions arrested for the same reason at Gotha prison.
On 25 September, 1944, he was convicted for the following reason: “By his Catholic action with these French people, during his compulsory labour service, he was a danger to the German state and people.”
Sent to the Flossenbürg camp where he was given the number 28903, he was then transferred to the camps of Mauthausen with the number 108814, then Auschwitz with number 200000, then Mauthausen, with number 123558, where he died on 16 March 1945, three days before Marcel Callo.
SOURCE
T1 Martyrs de la résistance spirituelle, Charles Molette, éd. X. de G., 1999, et Jean Tinturier, C. Molette, éd. X. de G., 2008
The Nerdy-Looking Martyr (Catholic Saints Guy)
After completing his secondary studies, he became a seminarian in the diocese of Bourges. In October 1938, he entered the St Sulpice seminary in Issy-Les Moulineaux, then in 1942 the Carmelite seminary in Paris.
Having reached the age required to leave for compulsory service in Germany established by a Vichy law in 1943, he obtained a deferral as a student to complete a training course as a milling machine operator in Dijon and as a turner in Ivry.
The objective was to gain the skills necessary to go to work in support of French workers doing forced labour in Germany and to hide his status as a seminarian.
Called up for compulsory labour service (STO) on 21 September 1943, he left for Schmalkaden with three other seminarians.
In addition to his eleven hours of work per day in front of a lathe, he organised a mass in French once a month for the 150 Christian workers present at the Sunday mass at the local Catholic Church, out of 800 French workers.
He made contact by mail with the leaders of the clandestine Young Christian Workers in Germany to help them provide moral support to each other.
He also made contact with the priests and seminarians of the neighbouring towns: Eisenach, Gotha, Erfurt. They organised and organised reflection meetings.
Among those he contacted was Marcel Callo, who he recruited to assist in his organising work.
As early as March 1944, they learned of the Gestapo’s ban on any religious movement, particularly the YCW. As a result, Jean Tinturier decided to cease all outside activity.
Nevertheless, he was arrested on 18 April 1944 for “illegal activity” and convicted of Catholic Action. While being held by the Gestapo in Gotha, he was interrogated by a specialist in religious matters.
He joined eleven companions arrested for the same reason at Gotha prison.
On 25 September, 1944, he was convicted for the following reason: “By his Catholic action with these French people, during his compulsory labour service, he was a danger to the German state and people.”
Sent to the Flossenbürg camp where he was given the number 28903, he was then transferred to the camps of Mauthausen with the number 108814, then Auschwitz with number 200000, then Mauthausen, with number 123558, where he died on 16 March 1945, three days before Marcel Callo.
SOURCE
T1 Martyrs de la résistance spirituelle, Charles Molette, éd. X. de G., 1999, et Jean Tinturier, C. Molette, éd. X. de G., 2008
The Nerdy-Looking Martyr (Catholic Saints Guy)
Country of origin
English
France
Birth date
February 20, 1921
Birth place
Vierzon
Death date
March 16, 1945
Death place
Gotha, Germany
Movement
JOC France