Paul Schneider, the "Martyr of Buchenwald"

Readers of the Paul Schneider biographies have always asked, “How was Mrs. Schneider able to cope with everything?”

December 28, 2002

Margarete Schneider, widow of the “Preacher of Buchenwald,” Paul Schneider, died on Friday, December 27, 2002. She would have celebrated her 99th birthday on January 8, 2003. Margarete and Paul Schneider were married for thirteen years and had six children. Margarete Schneider’s burial will take place at the cemetery in Dickenschied in the Hunsrück on Saturday, January 4, 2003 at 1:00 PM.