Maximilian Kolbe : A Saint In Auschwitz Nightlights In retelling the story of

In retelling the story of how he forgave the man who killed his family and cared for the man’s children while he was in prison

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Maximilian Kolbe : A Saint In Auschwitz Nightlights In retelling the story ofIts July 1941 in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland. Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe steps forward. Let me take this mans place, he says, thereby volunteering to die in the place of a stranger who had just been condemned to death by his Nazi captors. By means of this singular deed, Fr. Kolbe laid down his life not for his friends as some might do but for a complete stranger. Those who know little of Fr. Kolbe may dismiss