17 February 1941 | Franciscan Fr. Maximilian Kolbe was arrested by Germans in Niepokalanów. He was first sent to Pawiak prison in Warsaw and then to Auschwitz, where he finally sacrificed his life - volunteered to replace Franciszek Gajowniczek, sentenced to starvation death.
Podcast about the fate of Fr. Maximilian Kolbe: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-23-the-sacrifice-and-death-of-father-Maximilian-Kolbe-e1mfh8m
Online lesson "Christian Clergy and Religious Life at Auschwitz": http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/
@auschwitzmuseum so death by starvation could be an official sentence, and not just a consequence of ordinary abusive conditions there?
