Years later, when Father Kolbe was canonized by fellow Pole Pope St. John Paul II, in attendance was 84-year-old Gajowniczek, who ultimately survived Auschwitz — living proof that Father Kolbe ...
On Aug. 14, 1941, the eve of the solemnity of the Assumption, in Block 11 of the Auschwitz concentration camp, a man who had the number 16670 sewn onto his prison uniform was killed by an injection of ...
St. Maximilian Kolbe is pictured in an undated black-and-white file photo. The Polish priest gave his life in place of a young father condemned to execution by the Nazis. His feast day is Aug. 14, the ...
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