TIL When the commandant of Auschwitz randomly selected 10 people to be starved to death as punishment for an escape attempt, Maximilian Kolbe, a political prisoner and monk, offered to die in the place of a total stranger. He was later declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

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TIL When the commandant of Auschwitz randomly selected 10 people to be starved to death as punishment for an escape attempt, Maximilian Kolbe, a political prisoner and monk, offered to die in the place of a total stranger. He was later declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

TIL When the commandant of Auschwitz randomly selected 10 people to be starved to death as punishment for an escape attempt, Maximilian Kolbe, a political prisoner and monk, offered to die in the place of a total stranger. He was later declared a saint by the Catholic Church. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Maksymilian-Maria-Kolbe UnironicThatcherite June 03, 2021 at 10:17AM

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TIL When the commandant of Auschwitz randomly selected 10 people to be starved to death as punishment for an escape attempt, Maximilian Kolbe, a political prisoner and monk, offered to die in the place of a total stranger. He was later declared a saint by the Catholic Church.

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