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Poland: Auschwitz martyr Kolbe remembered
The Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 14, 2006

Posted on 08/14/2006 11:55:37 AM PDT by lizol

Poland: Auschwitz martyr Kolbe remembered

By ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Poland

A leading Roman Catholic official led a Mass at Auschwitz on Monday to mark the 65th anniversary of the death of Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who gained martyrdom by volunteering to die in the place of another man at the Nazi death camp.

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the archbishop of Krakow and the longtime secretary to the late Pope John Paul II, led the ceremony for the Polish friar whose action during World War II carries symbolic weight for the church and Catholic-Jewish relations.

Kolbe was sent to Auschwitz in 1941 after Nazi officials discovered he had been hiding Jews. He was executed after he volunteered to take the place of a condemned prisoner with a wife and children.

Dziwisz prayed for forgiveness for those who killed Kolbe and called on those gathered to remember his martyrdom. Kolbe was canonized by John Paul in 1982.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: auschwitz; catholic; kolbe; martyr; martyrdom; maximiliankolbe; poland
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1 posted on 08/14/2006 11:55:40 AM PDT by lizol
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2 posted on 08/14/2006 11:58:49 AM PDT by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: lizol

A truly great saint.

As I understand it, he doesn't even get a cross marker at Auschwitz.


3 posted on 08/14/2006 11:58:59 AM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

I wonder why not. =( Perhaps people forget that thousands of Christians were sent their death too.


4 posted on 08/14/2006 12:02:48 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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To: lizol

A very holy saint. It is hard to be forgiving when one ponders the magnitude of the crimes committed by the Germans. They murdered the best of a generation.


5 posted on 08/14/2006 12:04:11 PM PDT by fogofbobegabay
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To: The Old Hoosier

When I was there he did... did something change?


6 posted on 08/14/2006 12:07:05 PM PDT by RushCrush (I like pit bulls better than Democrats.)
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To: lizol

St. kolbe bump!


7 posted on 08/14/2006 12:13:17 PM PDT by Global2010 (Show me da paw Ya'll)
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To: Aggie Mama

Millions, in fact -- although not all for being Christian.


8 posted on 08/14/2006 12:21:31 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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The last picture of Franciszek Gajowniczek - the man saved by St Maximilian.
He died on March 13, 1995, at Brzeg in Poland, 95 years old - and 53 years after Kolbe had saved him. But he was never to forget the ragged monk. After his release from Auschwitz, Gajowniczek spent the next five decades paying homage to Father Kolbe, honoring the man who died on his behalf.

http://home8.inet.tele.dk/aaaa/Kolbe.htm
9 posted on 08/14/2006 12:27:01 PM PDT by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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To: lizol

If You want to see the difference between Islam and Christianity see Maximilian Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who gained martyrdom by volunteering to die in the place of another man at the Nazi death camp.If Kolbe had been an Islamic scumbag he would have volunteered to die ONLY to kill more innocent life !!!


10 posted on 08/14/2006 12:32:50 PM PDT by Obie Wan
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To: lizol

My RC church in PA is actually named after him. His story is truly inspiring.


11 posted on 08/14/2006 12:33:27 PM PDT by rampage8
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To: lizol

See, now THIS is a TRUE martyr.


12 posted on 08/14/2006 12:33:47 PM PDT by The Blitherer (You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
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To: lizol

Prayers offered up in honor of his sacrifice.


13 posted on 08/14/2006 1:12:01 PM PDT by Ciexyz (Leaning on the everlasting arms.)
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To: lizol

I disagree with a lot of Kolbe's views on Jews and capitalism, but you can't say anything bad about a man who would give his life for a stranger. It is inspirational.

Except for the motive of the switch and its effect on the survivor, this reminds me of the Anthony Hopkins movie The Tenth Man.


14 posted on 08/14/2006 1:20:16 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: lizol

great post - thank you


15 posted on 08/14/2006 1:42:47 PM PDT by Nihil Obstat
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To: lizol
Kolbe has faith of steel, and guts that most ma\en cannot even fathom.
16 posted on 08/14/2006 1:44:07 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: lizol

Kolbe has faith of steel, and guts that most men cannot even fathom.


17 posted on 08/14/2006 1:44:35 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: lizol
We are in need for his intercession today.

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18 posted on 08/14/2006 1:46:44 PM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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Ping!


19 posted on 08/14/2006 1:52:01 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("Love is the fusion of two souls in one in order to bring about mutual perfection." -S. Terese Andes)
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To: The Old Hoosier
As I understand it, he doesn't even get a cross marker at Auschwitz.

I don't know about the cross marker, but there's a noteworthy shrine devoted to him in the cell where he died--at least there was in '99 when I visited Auschwitz.

20 posted on 08/14/2006 2:30:19 PM PDT by ishmac
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