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    Who was Auschwitz prisoner #16670?

    Question #121561. Asked by star_gazer. (May 24 11 9:50 PM)


    great2beme

    		Saint Maximilian Kolbe

    http://earlcapps.blogspot.com/2007/08/auschwitz-prisoner-16670-st-maximilian.html

    May 24 11, 10:03 PM
    Zbeckabee

    		On 17 February 1941 Maximilian Kolbe was arrested by the German Gestapo and imprisoned in the Pawiak prison. On May 28, he was transferred to Auschwitz as prisoner #16670.

    http://mosaol.deviantart.com/art/Auschwitz-I-Maximilian-Kolbe-186752752

    May 24 11, 10:03 PM
    Dando

    		Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe (8 January 1894 รข€" 14 August 1941.
    Kolbe was a Franciscan friar from Poland, who volunteered to die in place of another prisoner with a wife and children following the escape of 3 men from the camp.. Kolbe was sent to Auschwitz for sheltering refugees from greater Poland, including 2000 Jews whom he hid in his friary.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe

    May 25 11, 7:42 PM

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