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A new biography of the famous martyr of the death camps.

The Franciscan priest-martyr Maximilian Kolbe died at Auschwitz in 1941.

This interpretative biography is based upon his writings and first-hand testimonies from people who knew him.

Many of these witnesses the author himself has known and interviewed, including the man for whom Fr. Kolbe sacrificed his life, Franciszek Gajowniczek.

About the author

Fr. James E. McCurry, O.F.M. Conv., is Minister Provincial of St. Anthony Province of the Franciscan Friars Conventual in Ellicott City, Maryland. Also the Past President of the Mariological Society of America, and an appointee to the Pontifical International
Marian Academy.