Franciszek Gajowniczek, the Polish army
Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 November – 13 March ) was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved at the Auschwitz concentration camp by Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in his place. Life. Franciszek Gajowniczek, a Roman Catholic, Franciszek Gajowniczek (prisoner number ) was one of those selected at roll-call. When the Franciscan priest, Kolbe, heard Gajowniczek cry out in agony over the fate of his family, he.
Franciszek Gajowniczek, a Roman His name is Franciszek Gajowniczek and he lives in Silesia in the southwest of Poland. His manner and his appearance belie his 81 years and the time spent in a Nazi concentration camp. His skull.
Franciszek Gajowniczek survived the war and Fransciszek Gajowniczek: A Sergeant's Sacrifice. He was a Sergeant in the Polish Army, a survivor of the horrors of Auschwitz, and a man whose life was forever intertwined with that of Father Maximilian Kolbe. In , Gajowniczek was taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz for his involvement in the Resistance. The Fateful Night.
SPEAKING SAINTS: St. Maximillian Franciszek Gajowniczek. Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 November – 13 March ) was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved at the Auschwitz concentration camp by Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in his place. Gajowniczek had been sent to Auschwitz concentration camp from a Gestapo prison in Tarnów.
Franciszek Gajowniczek, the man Kolbe Franciszek Gajowniczek (November 15, – March 13, )[1][2] was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved by priest St. Maximilian Kolbe by volunteering to die in his place.[1] Gajowniczek had been sent to Auschwitz concentration camp from Gestapo prison in Tarnów. He was captured while crossing the border with Slovakia after the defeat of the Modlin Fortress during the German.
Born in 1894 in Zduńska Franciszek Gajowniczek stands in front of a portrait of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the priest who saved his life in Auschwitz. (Wojtek Laski/Getty Images) Full size ×
Kolbe was canonized by Pope WARSAW — Franciszek Gajowniczek, who spent years paying witness to a Franciscan monk who died in his stead at the Auschwitz concentration camp, has died at Gajowniczek died Monday at his.