108 Martyrs of World War II


The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs, were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by Nazi Germany.
Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 were beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw, Poland. The group comprises 3 bishops, 79 priests, 7 male religious, 8 female religious, and 11 lay people. There are two parishes named for the 108 Martyrs of World War II in Powiercie in Koło County, and in Malbork, Poland.

List of martyrs

Bishops

  1. Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, bishop
  2. Leon Wetmański, bishop
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Priests

  1. Adam Bargielski, priest from Myszyniec
  2. Aleksy Sobaszek, priest
  3. Alfons Maria Mazurek, Carmelite friar, prior, priest
  4. Alojzy Liguda, Society of the Divine Word, priest
  5. Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz, Franciscan friar, priest
  6. Anicet Kopliński, Capuchin friar, priest in Warsaw
  7. Antoni Beszta-Borowski, priest, dean of Bielsk Podlaski
  8. Antoni Leszczewicz, Marian Father, priest
  9. Antoni Rewera, priest, dean of the Cathedral Chapter in Sandomierz
  10. Antoni Świadek, priest from Bydgoszcz
  11. Antoni Zawistowski, priest
  12. Bolesław Strzelecki, priest
  13. Bronisław Komorowski, priest
  14. Dominik Jędrzejewski, priest
  15. Edward Detkens, priest
  16. Edward Grzymała, priest
  17. Emil Szramek, priest
  18. Fidelis Chojnacki, Capuchin friar, priest
  19. Florian Stępniak, Capuchin friar, priest
  20. Franciszek Dachtera, priest
  21. , Orionine Father, priest ; from Zduny, he was condemned to heavy work in the plantation of Dachau. While he was bending over tilling the soil, he adored the consecrated hosts kept in a small box in front of him. While he was going to the gas chamber, he encouraged his companions, saying "We offer our life for God, for the Church and for our Country".
  22. Franciszek Rogaczewski, priest from Gdańsk
  23. Franciszek Rosłaniec, priest
  24. Henryk Hlebowicz, priest
  25. Henryk Kaczorowski, priest from Włocławek
  26. Henryk Krzysztofik, religious priest
  27. Hilary Paweł Januszewski, religious priest
  28. Jan Antonin Bajewski, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest ; of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God's cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz
  29. Jan Franciszek Czartoryski, Dominican friar, priest
  30. Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, priest
  31. Jerzy Kaszyra, Marian Father, priest
  32. Józef Achilles Puchała, Franciscan friar, priest
  33. Józef Cebula, Missionary Oblate, priest
  34. Józef Czempiel, priest
  35. Józef Innocenty Guz, Franciscan friar, priest
  36. Józef Jankowski, Pallotine, priest
  37. Józef Kowalski, Salesian, priest
  38. Józef Kurzawa, priest
  39. Józef Kut, priest
  40. Józef Pawłowski, priest
  41. Józef Stanek, Pallottine, priest
  42. Józef Straszewski, priest
  43. Karol Herman Stępień, Franciscan friar, priest
  44. Kazimierz Gostyński, priest
  45. Kazimierz Grelewski, priest
  46. Kazimierz Sykulski, priest
  47. Krystyn Gondek, Franciscan friar, priest
  48. Leon Nowakowski, priest
  49. Ludwik Mzyk, Society of the Divine Word, priest
  50. Ludwik Pius Bartosik, Conventual Franciscan friar, priest ; of Niepokalanow. These were the closest collaborators of St Maximilian Kolbe in the fight for God's cause and together suffered and helped each other spiritually in their offering their lives at Auschwitz
  51. Ludwik Roch Gietyngier, priest from Częstochowa
  52. Maksymilian Binkiewicz, priest
  53. Marian Gorecki, priest
  54. Marian Konopiński, Capuchin friar, priest
  55. Marian Skrzypczak, priest
  56. Michał Oziębłowski, priest
  57. Michał Piaszczyński, priest
  58. Michał Woźniak, priest
  59. Mieczysław Bohatkiewicz, priest
  60. Narcyz Putz, priest
  61. Narcyz Turchan, priest
  62. Piotr Edward Dankowski, priest
  63. Roman Archutowski, priest
  64. Roman Sitko, priest
  65. Stanisław Kubista, Society of the Divine Word, priest
  66. Stanisław Kubski, priest
  67. Stanisław Mysakowski, priest
  68. Stanisław Pyrtek, priest
  69. Stefan Grelewski, priest
  70. Wincenty Matuszewski, priest
  71. Władysław Błądziński, Michaelite, priest
  72. Władysław Demski, priest
  73. Władysław Maćkowiak, priest
  74. Władysław Mączkowski, priest
  75. Władysław Miegoń, priest, commander lieutenant
  76. Włodzimierz Laskowski, priest
  77. Wojciech Nierychlewski, religious, priest
  78. Zygmunt Pisarski, priest
  79. Zygmunt Sajna, priest

Religious brothers

  1. Brunon Zembol, friar
  2. Grzegorz Bolesław Frąckowiak, Society of the Divine Word friar
  3. Józef Zapłata, friar
  4. Marcin Oprządek, friar
  5. Piotr Bonifacy Żukowski, friar
  6. Stanisław Tymoteusz Trojanowski, friar
  7. Symforian Ducki, friar

Nuns and religious sisters

  1. Alicja Maria Jadwiga Kotowska, sister, based on eye-witness reports comforted and huddled with Jewish children before she and the children were executed
  2. Ewa Noiszewska, sister
  3. Julia Rodzińska, Dominican sister ; she died having contracted typhoid serving the Jewish women prisoners in a hut for which she had volunteered.
  4. Katarzyna Celestyna Faron ;, had offered her life for the conversion of an Old Catholic bishop Władysław Faron. She was arrested by the Gestapo and condemned to Auschwitz camp. She put up heroically with all the abuses of the camp and died on Easter Sunday 1944. The bishop later returned to the Catholic Church.
  5. Maria Antonina Kratochwil, SSND nun died as a result of the torture she endured while imprisoned in Stanisławów.
  6. Maria Klemensa Staszewska
  7. Marta Wołowska
  8. Mieczysława Kowalska, sister

Roman Catholic laity

  1. Bronisław Kostkowski, alumnus
  2. Czesław Jóźwiak
  3. Edward Kaźmierski
  4. Edward Klinik
  5. Franciszek Kęsy
  6. Franciszek Stryjas
  7. Jarogniew Wojciechowski
  8. Marianna Biernacka, executed instead of her pregnant daughter-in-law Anna, offered her life for her and her unborn grandchild.
  9. Natalia Tułasiewicz
  10. Stanisław Starowieyski
  11. Tadeusz Dulny, alumnus