Auschwitz Memorial<p>8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in Zduńska Wola. </p><p>As a prisoner of Auschwitz (no. 16670) on 29 July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape of a prisoner. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Auschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auschwitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/priest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>priest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sacrifice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sacrifice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/remember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>remember</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForget</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ww2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Kolbe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kolbe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Saint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Franciscan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Franciscan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OFM</span></a> Poland <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p>