8 January 1894 | Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM, was born in Zduńska Wola.
As a prisoner of #Auschwitz at the end of July 1941, he sacrificed his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape. On 14 August 1941, he was murdered with a phenol injection.
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Listen to our podcast about Fr. Kolbe: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-learning/podcast/the-sacrifice-and-death-of-father-maximilian-kolbe/