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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.
Aug 14, 2015 · On July 30, 1941, at the Auschwitz concentration camp in the back country of Poland, a German officer ordered the men from a certain barracks to assemble, because a prisoner from that barracks...
Aug 14, 2020 · On July 29, 1941, after Polish prisoner Zygmunt Pilawski fled Auschwitz, Nazi SS guards grabbed 10 other prisoners to die for the man’s escape. Father Kolbe heard one of the men chosen,...
Mar 15, 1995 · He was 94. Mr. Gajowniczek, one of several prisoners selected by the Nazis to die by starvation in a dungeon at Auschwitz called the "hunger bunker," survived because the Rev. Maksymilian Kolbe...
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...
5 days ago · 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.
Aug 14, 2021 · One of the prisoners chosen was Franciszek Gajowniczek, who asked for mercy. He mentioned that he had a wife and children. Fr. Kolbe offered to die in his place.
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