Kaj Munk
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Kaj Harald Leininger Munk was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during the occupation of Denmark of World War II. He is commemorated as a mar
Photo of Kaj Munk published in the De Wervelwind, February 1944
Maximilian Kolbe
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Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr. He volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death cam
Kaj Munk
…the occupation of Denmark of World War II. He is commemorated as a martyr in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 14 August, alongside Maximilian Kolbe. He was born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen on the island of Lolland, Denmark, and raised by a family named Munk after the death of his parents. From…
Kolbe in 1936
Maximilian Kolbe's prison cell in Block 11, Auschwitz concentration camp
Kolbe, on a West German postage stamp, marked Auschwitz
The statue of Kolbe (left) above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey