Word: sannwald
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...contrast to the 1931 controversy, there was neither discussion nor comment about the inclusion of an Axis casualty in the World War II plaque. The inscription under the category of the Divinity School lists two names, one of which reads "Adolf Sannwald (Enemy Casualty)." Apparently, when the Corporation approved the list of names, Sannwald's was not discussed individually, either...
...Sannwald, a member of the Class of 1926 at the Divinity School, was a visiting fellow in 1924 and '25. Later, he became pastor of a Lutheran church in Stuttgart and in January, 1942, he was taken into the German army. He was killed June 3, 1942, on the Russian front, leaving a wife and five children. After the University found out about Sannwald's death in July, 1946, his name was included in all subsequent lists of casualties...