Catholic martyrs in Poland during WWII From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs (Polish: 108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany.
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108 Martyrs of World War II
John Paul II during his visit to Poland in June 1999, Warsaw
Franciszek Drzewiecki[pl], Orionine Father, priest (1908–1942 KL Dachau); from Zduny, he was condemned to heavy work in the plantation of Dachau. While he was bending over tilling the soil, he adored the consecrated hosts kept in a small box in front of him. While he was going to the gas chamber, he encouraged his companions, saying "We offer our life for God, for the Church and for our Country".
Franciszek Rogaczewski, priest from Gdańsk (1892–1940, shot in Stutthof or in Piaśnica, Pomerania)
Jan Antonin Bajewski, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest (1915–1941 KL Auschwitz); of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God's cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz
Ludwik Pius Bartosik, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest (1909–1941 KL Auschwitz); of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God's cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz
Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, priest from Częstochowa (1904–1941 KL Dachau)
Maksymilian Binkiewicz, priest (1913–24 July 1942, beaten, died in KL Dachau)
Marian Gorecki, priest (1903–22 March 1940 KL Stutthof)
Marian Konopiński, Capuchin friar, priest (1907–1 January 1943 KL Dachau)
Marian Skrzypczak, priest (1909–1939 shot in Plonkowo)
Piotr Bonifacy Żukowski, friar (1913–1942 KL Auschwitz)
Stanisław Tymoteusz Trojanowski, friar (1908–1942 KL Auschwitz)
Symforian Ducki, friar (1888–1942 KL Auschwitz)
Nuns and religious sisters
Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska, a nun killed in 1939 in the mass murders in Piaśnica
Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska, sister, based on eye-witness reports comforted and huddled with Jewish children before she and the children were executed (1899–1939, executed at Piaśnica, Pomerania)
Ewa Noiszewska, sister (1885–1942, executed at Góra Pietrelewicka near Slonim, Belarus)
Julia Rodzińska, Dominican sister (1899–20 February 1945, KL Stutthof); she died having contracted typhoid serving the Jewish women prisoners in a hut for which she had volunteered.
Katarzyna Celestyna Faron (1913–1944, KL Auschwitz); (1913–1944), had offered her life for the conversion of an Old Catholic bishop Władysław Faron (no relation). She was arrested by the Gestapo and condemned to Auschwitz camp. She put up heroically with all the abuses of the camp and died on Easter Sunday 1944. The bishop later returned to the Catholic Church.
Maria Antonina Kratochwil, SSND nun (1881–1942) died as a result of the torture she endured while imprisoned in Stanisławów.
Maria Klemensa Staszewska (1890–1943 KL Auschwitz)
Marta Wołowska (1879–1942, executed at Góra Pietrelewicka near Slonim, Belarus)