Description: This medal is a part of my Polish medals collection Visit my page with the offers, please. You will find many interesting items. If you are interested in other medals, related to this subject, click here, please. Religion; Saints World War II Historic Battles Poland; History The HUGE medal (130mm, ca 0.5 kg) has been cast in the limited number in 1973 to commemorate the death of the Saint Maximilian Kolbe in the Auschwitz in 1941. This is a very dramatic image indeed, showing Saint Maximilian Kolbe in the Auschwitz Death Camp with Our Lady in the background. This medal is signed with MS. av. St. Maximillian Kolbe; Our Lady in the background; the signature of the artist MS diameter – ca 130 mm (ca 4⅝“) weight – ca 0.5 kg metal – bronze, original medalist’s patina Saint Maximilian Kolbe Maximilian Kolbe (January 8, 1894 – August 14, 1941), also known as Maksymilian or Massimiliano Maria Kolbe and Apostle of Consecration to Mary, born as Rajmund Kolbe, was a Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Maximilian Kolbe on October 10, 1982 by Pope John Paul II, and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts, families, imprisoned people, journalists, prisoners, the pro-life movement, and amateur radio. During the Second World War, in the Niepokalanów friary, Kolbe provided shelter to refugees from Greater Poland, including 2,000 Jews. He was also active as a radio amateur, with Polish call letters SP3RN, vilifying Nazi activities by reporting the facts. On February 17, 1941, he was arrested by the German Gestapo and imprisoned in the Pawiak prison, and, on May 25, was transferred to Auschwitz I as prisoner #16670. In July 1941, a man from Kolbe's bunker had vanished, prompting Karl Fritzsch, the Lagerführer, to pick 10 men from the same bunker to be starved to death in the notorious torture block, Block 11, in order to deter further escape attempts. (The man who had disappeared was later found drowned in the camp latrine.) One of the selected men, Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out, lamenting his family, and Kolbe volunteered to take his place. After two weeks of starvation, only four of the ten men were still alive, including Kolbe. The cells were needed, and Kolbe and the other three were executed with an injection of carbolic acid in the heart. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 10 October 1982, in the presence of Gajowniczek. The canonization was controversial because some of Kolbe's writings were allegedly anti-Semitic (Rees 2005), although this has been disputed. Kolbe is one of ten 20th-century martyrs from across the world who are depicted in statues above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, London.
Price: 249.9 USD
Location: Sliema,
End Time: 2024-12-25T14:57:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: Poland
Composition: Bronze
Brand: Cast in Bronze
