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Vor 4 Tagen · Franciszek Gajowniczek was a Polish prisoner who asked for mercy in the starvation bunker of Auschwitz. St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan priest and missionary, offered to die in his place and became a patron saint of families.
Vor 3 Tagen · Einem von ihnen gelang die Flucht, und als Vergeltungsmaßnahme sollten 10 Häftlinge mit dem Leben büßen. Beim Appell bot Pater Kolbe sein Leben für das eines Familienvaters an – Franz Gajowniczek –, und wurde mit neun anderen Unschuldigen in den Hungerbunker gesperrt. Die Verzweiflung der Verurteilten wurde zum gemeinsamen ...
Vor 4 Tagen · “You!”, he said, pointing to Franciszek Gajowniczek, who burst into tears and cried out, “My wife and children!” And love is creative. So out of the ranks of prisoners, a man stepped forth.
Vor 4 Tagen · One prisoner, Franciszek Gajowniczek, was chosen to be among the 10. He begged the German guards not to take his life. He had a wife and children who needed him, he pleaded. Father Kolbe volunteered to take the man’s place. His wish was granted. He lasted two weeks and was eventually killed with an injection of poison. His body was ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Following a prisoner’s escape, 10 men were randomly selected to die as punishment, and Kolbe volunteered his life in the place of Franciszek Gajowniczek, who was married with young children. Kolbe and the other nine prisoners were starved for weeks until he and the few others who were still alive were finally injected with carbolic acid and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor 4 Tagen · Father McCurry was also a friend of Franciszek Gajowniczek, the man for whom Kolbe laid down his life at Auschwitz in late July 1941, following his arrest on Feb. 17. Gajowniczek was one of the ten men selected to be executed in reprisal for one prisoner’s escape from the barracks.
Vor 3 Tagen · When one of the chosen 10, Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out lamenting the fate of his wife and children, Maximillian Kolbe volunteered to take his place. The switch was permitted, and Kolbe was imprisoned in the starvation bunker. After two weeks, all but three of the men had died. Among the 3 was Kolbe. When officers needed to make room in the bunker for the next batch of starvation victims ...
