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Franciszek Gajowniczek
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Franciszek Gajowniczek 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.
Franciszek Gajowniczek, 1941, Auschwitz prisoner 5659
Franciszek Gajowniczek, 1941, Auschwitz prisoner 5659
Gajowniczek as a soldier, before 1939
Gajowniczek as a soldier, before 1939
Gajowniczek's grave at the Niepokalanów cemetery, Poland
Gajowniczek's grave at the Niepokalanów cemetery, Poland
Karl Fritzsch
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Karl Fritzsch was a German SS official who served as deputy and acting commandant at the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1940 to 1941. He is best known as the official responsible for the death of p
Franciszek Gajowniczek
…Auschwitz on 8 October 1940. He and Kolbe met as inmates of Auschwitz in May 1941. When a camp prisoner appeared to have escaped, SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Fritzsch ordered that ten other prisoners be executed by starvation in reprisal. Gajowniczek (prisoner number 5659) was one of those selected at roll call. When…
Empty poison gas canisters found by the Soviet Army in Auschwitz-Birkenau at the end of World War II
Empty poison gas canisters found by the Soviet Army in Auschwitz-Birkenau at the end of World War II