Maximilian Kolbe's Final Offering
In the summer of 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. The SS guards, following brutal protocol, selected ten men from Block 14 to die by...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.
In the summer of 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. The SS guards, following brutal protocol, selected ten men from Block 14 to die by starvation as punishment. When they called the name of Franciszek Gajowniczek — a young husband and father — his anguished cry echoed across the yard. That is when Franciscan friar Maximilian Kolbe stepped forward from the ranks and said quietly, "I am a Catholic priest.…
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