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| name = Anna Maria Kratochwil
| name = Blessed ''Maria Anna'' Kratochwil
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| caption = Roman Catholic nun, Maria Antonina Kratochwil, forbidden by the authorities to wear a religious habit in 1939
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| birth_place = [[Ostrava]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (now [[Czech Republic]])
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| death_place = [[Ivano-Frankivsk|Stanisławów]], [[occupied Poland]]
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| birth_place = [[Ostrava]], [[Austria-Hungary]] (now [[Czech Republic]])
| beatified_date = June 13, 1999
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|10|02|1881|08|21|df=y}}
| beatified_place = [[Warsaw]], Poland
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| death_place = Stanisławów, [[Nazi Germany]] (now [[Ivano-Frankivsk]], [[Ukraine]])
| beatified_by = [[Pope John Paul II]]
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'''Maria Antonina Kratochwil''' (1881–1942) was among the [[108 Martyrs of World War II]]<ref>[http://www.franciscan-sfo.org/sts/Polmart.htm Secular Franciscan Order]</ref> and saved Jews during the war.<ref>[http://www.avenueoftherighteous-illinois.org/polishinterfaith.html Avenue of the Righteous]</ref> A member of the [[School Sisters of Notre Dame]], she taught in present-day [[Ivano-Frankivsk]], a city in western [[Ukraine]] with a large [[Polish Jewish]] population at that time, and was arrested after the [[Nazi]]s occupied the region in 1939 for rescuing and harboring local Jews. She was tortured and died at a prison camp. A short book was published about her life in 2001.<ref name="Kupka2001">{{cite book|author=Amata Kupka|title=Błogosławiona siostra Maria Antonina Kratochwil|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=67B7AQAACAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Wydaw. Duszpasterstwa Rolników|isbn=978-83-88743-94-8}}</ref>
'''Maria Antonina Kratochwil''' (21 August 1881 – 7 October 1942) was beatified by [[Pope John Paul II]] as one of the [[108 Martyrs of World War II]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100814183154/http://www.franciscan-sfo.org/sts/Polmart.htm The 108 Polish martyrs.] Secular Franciscan Order via Internet Archive.</ref> Along with her Catholic convent she helped Jews survive during [[the Holocaust]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150529153945/http://www.avenueoftherighteous-illinois.org/polishinterfaith.html Avenue of the Righteous (May 4, 2000).] In memory of Sister Maria Antonina Kratochwil and all of the Polish priests and sisters who helped Jews in need. Internet Archive.</ref> A member of the [[School Sisters of Notre Dame]] residing in the [[Kresy]] [[macroregion]] of the [[Polish Second Republic]] before the war began, she taught children in [[Ivano-Frankivsk|Stanisławów]] (present-day [[Ivano-Frankivsk]], [[western Ukraine]]) a provincial capital with a large [[Polish Jewish]] population who were soon entrapped in the [[Stanisławów Ghetto]]. She was arrested after the [[Nazi]]s occupied the region in the course of the 1941 [[Operation Barbarossa]], singled out by collaborators for rescuing and harbouring local Jews. She was severely beaten while in prison, contracted typhus, and died upon her hasty release. A short book was published about her life in 2001.<ref name="Kupka2001">{{cite book |author=Amata Kupka |title=Błogosławiona siostra Maria Antonina Kratochwil |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=67B7AQAACAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=Wydaw. Duszpasterstwa Rolników |isbn=978-83-88743-94-8}}</ref>

==World War II==
Following the [[Soviet invasion of Poland]] at the beginning of World War II, Sister Antonina was removed from school where she taught children with her nuns. The Soviet authorities raided the convent in Mikuliczyn where they lived, disbanded the community and expelled the nuns from the convent between February 1940 and June 1941. The nuns were prohibited from wearing habits ever again. After the German takover, on July 9, 1942, together with six other Sisters, Kratochwil was arrested by the German authorities and thrown into prison in [[Ivano-Frankivsk|Stanisławów]].
{{quote|Enduring inhumane conditions (hunger, beating, tortures, scoffing) she gave witness to Christian love, faith, and forgiveness; she uplifted her Sisters and lay co-prisoners. Five days after release from prison, she died from the consequence of tortures and the illness of typhus.<ref name="ASi">{{cite web |title=Sr M. Antonina "Maria Anna" Kratochwil |author=AnnieSings |date=16 June 2010 |publisher=Find A Grave Memorial |work=No. 53753361 |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53753361}}</ref>}}


== References ==
== References ==
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Revision as of 04:44, 15 August 2016

Blessed Maria Anna Kratochwil
Roman Catholic nun, Maria Antonina Kratochwil, forbidden by the authorities to wear a religious habit in 1939
Born(1881-08-21)21 August 1881
Ostrava, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died2 October 1942(1942-10-02) (aged 61)
Stanisławów, occupied Poland
BeatifiedJune 13, 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II

Maria Antonina Kratochwil (21 August 1881 – 7 October 1942) was beatified by Pope John Paul II as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II.[1] Along with her Catholic convent she helped Jews survive during the Holocaust.[2] A member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame residing in the Kresy macroregion of the Polish Second Republic before the war began, she taught children in Stanisławów (present-day Ivano-Frankivsk, western Ukraine) a provincial capital with a large Polish Jewish population who were soon entrapped in the Stanisławów Ghetto. She was arrested after the Nazis occupied the region in the course of the 1941 Operation Barbarossa, singled out by collaborators for rescuing and harbouring local Jews. She was severely beaten while in prison, contracted typhus, and died upon her hasty release. A short book was published about her life in 2001.[3]

World War II

Following the Soviet invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, Sister Antonina was removed from school where she taught children with her nuns. The Soviet authorities raided the convent in Mikuliczyn where they lived, disbanded the community and expelled the nuns from the convent between February 1940 and June 1941. The nuns were prohibited from wearing habits ever again. After the German takover, on July 9, 1942, together with six other Sisters, Kratochwil was arrested by the German authorities and thrown into prison in Stanisławów.

Enduring inhumane conditions (hunger, beating, tortures, scoffing) she gave witness to Christian love, faith, and forgiveness; she uplifted her Sisters and lay co-prisoners. Five days after release from prison, she died from the consequence of tortures and the illness of typhus.[4]

References

  1. ^ The 108 Polish martyrs. Secular Franciscan Order via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Avenue of the Righteous (May 4, 2000). In memory of Sister Maria Antonina Kratochwil and all of the Polish priests and sisters who helped Jews in need. Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Amata Kupka (2001). Błogosławiona siostra Maria Antonina Kratochwil. Wydaw. Duszpasterstwa Rolników. ISBN 978-83-88743-94-8.
  4. ^ AnnieSings (16 June 2010). "Sr M. Antonina "Maria Anna" Kratochwil". No. 53753361. Find A Grave Memorial.
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