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Leitner, Hans (d. 1560)Hans Leitner (Leutner), a Hutterite martyr, was captured with Klaus Felbinger on 2 April 1560, at Neumarkt, Lower Bavaria, Germany, and imprisoned at Landshut, where they were repeatedly cross-examined and terribly tortured. When all these attempts to convert them proved futile, they were beheaded on 19 July 1560. BibliographyBeck, Josef. Die Geschichts-Bücher der Wiedertäufer in Oesterreich-Ungarn. Vienna, 1883; reprinted Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1967: 234-236. Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685. Part II: 274. Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror
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Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour
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643. Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon., 4 v. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: II, 635. Wolkan, Rudolf. Geschicht-Buch der Hutterischen Brüder. Fort Macleod, AB, and Vienna, 1923: 304-306. Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943:400-402. 
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