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Franciszek Gajowniczek (* 15. November 1901 in Strachomin (heute Gemeinde Latowicz im Powiat Miński); † 13. März 1995 in Brzeg) war ein Sergeant der polnischen Armee, der im KZ Auschwitz inhaftiert wurde. Am 29. Juli 1941 wurden Männer als Vergeltungsmaßnahme für die vermutete Flucht eines Häftlings zur Ermordung aussortiert.
15 de mar. de 1995 · Franciszek Gajowniczek. 1995-03-15 04:00:00 PDT Warsaw, Poland -- Franciszek Gajowniczek, who spent years paying witness to a Franciscan monk who died in his stead at the Auschwitz concentration ...
Franciszek Gajowniczek would miraculously survive Auschwitz, and would later be present at Kolbe’s canonisation in 1982. The men were led away to the underground bunker where they were to be starved to death. It is said that in the bunker, Kolbe would lead the men in prayer and singing hymns to Mary.
17 de ago. de 2023 · After several months of investigation in Warsaw's Pawiak prison, he was deported to Auschwitz on 29 May 1941. In the last days of July that year, following a prisoner's escape, the camp supervisor sentenced 10 inmates from the same unit to death by starvation in retaliation. Franciszek Gajowniczek, one of the accused, implored for mercy on ...
Franciszek Gajowniczek (November 15, 1901 – March 13, 1995) was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved by priest St. Maximilian Kolbe by volunteering to die in his place. 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 1939 German invasion ...
23 de mar. de 1995 · Read our privacy policy. Francziszek Gajowniczek lived to the ripe old age of 93 thanks to the self-sacrifice of a Polish Franciscan priest in Auschwitz in July 1941. Gajowniczek was one of 10 ...
14 de ago. de 2020 · Franciszek Gajowniczek, a Roman Catholic , was born in Strachomin near Mińsk Mazowiecki . He lived in Warsaw since 1921, and had a wife and two sons. He was a professional soldier who took part in the defence of Wieluń as well as Warsaw in September 1939. He was captured by the Gestapo in Zakopane. He arrived at Auschwitz on September 8, 1940.
