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  1. Aug 14, 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...

  2. Aug 14, 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...

  3. Mar 29, 2022 · Almost two decades ago, during a combined Holy Thursday/Good Friday worship service, I told a true story from the Holocaust. The story involved a Polish army sergeant named Franciszek Gajowniczek and a Franciscan priest named Maximilian Kolbe. (Photo courtesy of Martin Thielen)

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  4. 4 days ago · I am a Catholic priest,'” Gajowniczek told the NY Times in 1995. In an interview with ACI Stampa, CNA’s Italian language sister news agency, Fr. Raffaele Di Muro, said this act of sacrifice is one of the reasons why Kolbe is considered a patron saint of families today.

  5. Oct 9, 1982 · The man Kolbe saved, Franciszek Gajowniczek, 82, who believes he was destined to live to see Kolbe made a saint, will be there in a place of honor.

  6. Mar 15, 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...

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  8. hide. (Top) Biography. After World War II. References. 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.

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