14 August 1941 | Saint ft. Maximilian #Kolbe OFM was killed with a phenol injection inside a starvation cell of Block 11 of the German #Auschwitz I camp. On 29 July 1941 he offered his life to save a person selected for starvation death after an escape of a prisoner.

The death certificate issued by the SS administration confirming the death of Father Maximilian Kolbe in #Auschwitz on 14 August 1941. The official cause of death given is "Myocardinsuffizienz": myocardial insufficiency.

Today we recommend our online lesson dedicated to the fate of Catholic priests & clerics, nuns and clergy of other Christian churches who were prisoners of Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/

Franciszek Gajowniczek who was saved from starvation death by the sacrifice of Fr. Maximilian Kolbe survived. He was a soldier & a prisoner of #Auschwitz (no. 5659). Gajowniczek died in March of 1995 at the age of 94.