Sep 17, 2026 · 56 min · 26 segments
In our third episode on Therese Neumann, Brother Richard and Timothy discuss Therese and the Konnersreuth Circle–their resistance to the Third Reich and the reaction that brought. We also discuss some…
Tim RennerHost
I've seen reference to what's called the, the Konnersreuth Circle many, many times.
I just assumed it was, like, sort of the inner circle around her, and I was amazed to find, like, no, no, this referred to an actual resistance group.
She just happened to be associated with it because she was in Konnersreuth, and her brothers were in...
Yeah
And it was also to protect her because one of the rumors was that the Nazis were planning to kidnap her.
And on one occasion, um, one of the, the Nazi-affiliated local government individuals said, well, they would solve the question of Konnersreuth forever if they could take her and examine her themselves.
Um, and her father knew exactly what that meant.
It would've been execution.
Um, and so he absolutely refused, and they had to mount, kind of guard outside the house for a number of evenings before eventually the, um, they gave up trying to, trying to take her.
It...
What's really invidious actually is that the guy in question had this lovely comment about, "An injection or two will cure her."
Was the way he put it.
Which was obviously leth- lethal injection, you know?
That was the, that was the end of that, yeah.
I've seen reference to what's called the, the Konnersreuth Circle many, many times.
I just assumed it was, like, sort of the inner circle around her, and I was amazed to find, like, no, no, this referred to an actual resistance group.
She just happened to be associated with it because she was in Konnersreuth, and her brothers were in...
Yeah
And it was also to protect her because one of the rumors was that the Nazis were planning to kidnap her.
And on one occasion, um, one of the, the Nazi-affiliated local government individuals said, well, they would solve the question of Konnersreuth forever if they could take her and examine her themselves.
Um, and her father knew exactly what that meant.
It would've been execution.
Um, and so he absolutely refused, and they had to mount, kind of guard outside the house for a number of evenings before eventually the, um, they gave up trying to, trying to take her.
It...
What's really invidious actually is that the guy in question had this lovely comment about, "An injection or two will cure her."
Was the way he put it.
Which was obviously leth- lethal injection, you know?
That was the, that was the end of that, yeah.
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