Kazimierz Majdański

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Kazimierz Majdański (1966)

Kazimierz Jan Majdański (born March 1, 1916 in Małgów near Kalisz , † April 29, 2007 in Warsaw ) was a Roman Catholic theologian and Archbishop of Stettin-Cammin . He is considered one of the first and most prominent bridge builders in German-Polish relations in the post-war period.

Life

Kazimierz Majdański was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps for six years after the German invasion of Poland in 1939 ; Nazi doctors carried out medical experiments on him.

He was ordained a priest in July 1945 . Majdański was titular bishop of Zorolus and auxiliary bishop in Włocławek and from 1979 to 1992 archbishop of Stettin-Cammin. On March 25, 1992, John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation as Archbishop of Stettin-Cammin.

In 1996 he became an honorary citizen of Szczecin, in 2004 an honorary citizen of Warsaw .

Act

In the 1960s, Majdański campaigned for reconciliation between Poles and Germans. He was one of John Paul II's closest colleagues in the development of a “theology of the family”.

Test subject in the Dachau concentration camp

“Kazimierz Majdanski was arrested on November 7, 1939, along with the entire Włocławek Seminary as a candidate for the priesthood in the final year of his studies . After months of imprisonment in Sachsenhausen, he was sent to Dachau concentration camp on December 14, 1940. There he initially survived all dangers, and even the terrible year 1942 was almost over when a so-called medical commission under Dr. Heinrich Schütz begins with her phlegmon attempts. Together with 37 other Polish clergy, Kazimierz Majdański was selected as a test subject on November 10, 1942 and was given an injection of pus. Caregivers observe the further course. When Majdański is not in too much pain, he tries again and again to discuss religion with the mostly socialist caretakers. The spiritual patients secretly confess from one another and give each other holy communion. In early 1943, typhus breaks out in the Dachau concentration camp . The Phlegmon Commission ceases its work for fear of infection. Contrary to the regulations, the inmate attendant Heini Stöhr arranged for Majdański and the other surviving test subjects to receive the saving drug Tibatin . Majdański gets well and then even survives typhus . In 1975 the concentration camp doctor Dr. Heinrich Schütz. He claims that his working group was after all about medical findings that should ultimately have benefited many sick people. ”Schütz was eventually convicted, but did not have to serve a day of his 10-year prison sentence.

On the initiative of Kazimierz Majdański, together with Cardinal Julius Döpfner and Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Neuhäusler, a bronze plaque was placed on the back of the Agony Christ Chapel for the Polish prisoners at the Dachau Stations of the Cross Concentration Camp Memorial Site.

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  1. ↑ a b c Vatican Radio : Stettiner Old Archbishop dead ( Memento from October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) , from April 30, 2007
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.apostolische-nachstieg.de
  3. ^ The honorary citizens of Stettin / Szczecin ( Memento from March 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ A b Michael Buchmann: Way of the Cross Concentration Camp Memorial Dachau

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SURNAME Majdański, Kazimierz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Majdański, Kazimierz Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish clergyman, Roman Catholic theologian and archbishop
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Małgów near Kalisz
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2007
Place of death Warsaw