The Volunteer of Cell 18
In July 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. As punishment, the SS selected ten men from Block 14 to die by starvation. When Sergeant Karl...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Matthew 26:14-27:66.
In July 1941, a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz. As punishment, the SS selected ten men from Block 14 to die by starvation. When Sergeant Karl Fritzsch pointed to Franciszek Gajowniczek, the Polish soldier crumpled, crying out for his wife and children. Then a small, bespectacled priest stepped out of line. Father Maximilian Kolbe, prisoner 16670, said quietly, "I wish to die in place of this man."…
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