Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Franciscan priest and was born in Poland in 1894. His real name was Raymund but it changed to Maximilian when he became a Franciscan priest. When he was a student he started a group of people who dedicated their lives to Mother Mary and God and it was called The Militia. He also published a magazine called The Knight to help people learn about Mary and God.
His cause was to help people learn about God, Jesus, Mary and to be good people and he did that when Germany invaded Poland in September 1 1939. He was taken to German work camps and when he went back to his friary he showed he was humanitarian because he looked after thousands of Jewish refugees who were terrorised by the Germans.
He upset the Germans when he wrote critical things about them and so they arrested him and took him to Auschwitz Concentration Camp where he had to wear striped pajamas.The prisoner number on his striped pajamas was 16670.
There were lots of escapes at the camp and every single time there was an escape 10 people were chosen and were starved to death. On August 1ts 1941 there was another escape and when the 10th man was chosen he cried out that he had a wife and children and he would never see them again. Maximilian switched places with the man and was taken to the airless chamber to starve to death but after a few weeks he was the only one alive singing praises to God and so they gave him shots of poisonous acid and that is how his love for others led to his death. He became a saint on October in 1982. He was a great man and an inspiration to everyone.
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