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Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 de noviembre de 1901 – 13 de marzo de 1995) fue un sargento polaco enviado al campo de concentración nazi de Auschwitz, conocido por el hecho de que el sacerdote Maximiliano Kolbe ofreció su vida en lugar de la de él, un día de agosto de 1941.
Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 November 1901 – 13 March 1995) 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.
14 de ago. de 2015 · Franciszek Gajowniczek (prisoner number 5659) 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...
15 de mar. de 1995 · Franciszek Gajowniczek, the Polish army sergeant whose life was spared when a Franciscan monk took his death sentence at Auschwitz 53 years ago, died on Monday in the Polish city of Brzeg. He...
Hace 5 días · Fr. Kolbe, a Franciscan priest and missionary, was sent to Auschwitz in 1941. After a Polish prisoner tried to escape the camp on July 29, the SS security forces selected 10 prisoners to starve to death as a lesson for the entire camp. One of the prisoners chosen was Franciszek Gajowniczek, who asked for mercy.
14 de ago. de 2016 · Upon hearing that he was sentenced to die, Franciszek Gajowniczek - a sergeant in the Polish army and father of two - burst into tears, prompting the Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe to approach the...
En ambas ceremonias estuvo presente Franciszek Gajowniczek, que vivió hasta los 93 años gracias a Kolbe. Gajowniczek viajó por Europa y Estados Unidos promoviendo el trabajo de Kolbe, que es...
