Polish martyrs of the German occupation regime 1939–1945

Memorial plaque in Pieniężno , chapel of the four Steyl missionaries among the 108 beatified martyrs

The Polish martyrs of the German occupation regime 1939–1945 are 108 Polish Catholics who were killed by the Nazi regime during the German occupation of Poland in World War II and beatified on June 13, 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw . Her feast day is June 12th.

List of names

Bishops

• Antoni Julian Nowowiejski , Archbishop of Płock (1858–1941 Działdowo Labor Education Camp )
• Leon Wetmański , auxiliary bishop in Płock (1886–1941 Działdowo Labor Education Camp)
• Władysław Goral , auxiliary bishop in Lublin (1898–1945 Sachsenhausen concentration camp )

priest

• Adalbert (Wojciech) Nierychlewski CSMA (1903–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp )
• Adam Bargielski , priest from Myszyniec (1903–1942 Dachau concentration camp )
• Aleksy Sobaszek (1895–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Alfons Maria Mazurek OCD , Carmelite Prior (1891–1944, shot by the SS)
• Alojzy Liguda SVD (1898–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz OFM (1882–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Anicet Kopliński OFMCap , Capuchin from Warsaw (1875–1941)
• Antoni Beszta – Borowski , dean of Bielsk Podlaski (1880–1943, shot dead near Bielsk Podlaski )
• Antoni Leszczewicz MIC (1890–1943, burned in Rosica, Belarus)
• Antoni Rewera , cathedral dean in Sandomierz (1869–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Antoni Świadek , priest from Bromberg (1909–1945 Dachau concentration camp)
• Antoni Zawistowski (1882–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Bolesław Strzelecki (1896–1941 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Bronisław Komorowski (1889–1940 Stutthof concentration camp )
• Dominik Jędrzejewski (1886–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Edward Detkens (1885–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Edward Grzymała (1906–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Emil Szramek (1887–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Fidelis Chojnacki OFMCap (1906–1942, Dachau concentration camp)
• Florian Stępniak OFMCap (1912–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Franciszek Dachtera (1910–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Franciszek Drzewiecki FDP , Orionist from Zduny (1908–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Franciszek Rogaczewski , priest from Danzig (1892–1940, shot in Stutthof)
• Franciszek Rosłaniec (1889–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Henryk Hlebowicz (1904–1941, shot dead in Borisov, Belarus)
• Henryk Kaczorowski , priest from Włocławek (1888–1942)
• Henryk Krzysztofik OFMCap (1908–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Hilary Paweł Januszewski OCarm (1907–1945 Dachau concentration camp)
• Jan Antonin Bajewski OFMConv , Minorit from Niepokolanow (1915–1941 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Jan Franciszek Czartoryski OP (1897–1944)
• Jan Nepomucen Chrzan (1885–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Jerzy Kaszyra MIC (1910–1943, burned in Rosica, Belarus)
• Józef Achilles Puchała OFM (1911–1943, murdered near Iwieniec, Belarus)
• Józef Cebula OMI (1902–1941 Mauthausen concentration camp )
• Józef Czempiel (1883–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Józef Innocenty Guz OFM (1890–1940 Sachsenhausen concentration camp )
• Józef Jankowski SAC (1910–1941 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Józef Kowalski SDB (1911–1942)
• Józef Kurzawa (1910-1940)
• Józef Kut (1905–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Józef Pawłowski (1890–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Józef Stanek SAC (1916–1944, murdered in Warsaw)
• Józef Straszewski (1885–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Karol Herman Stępień OFM (1910–1943, murdered near Iwieniec, White Russia)
• Kazimierz Gostyński (1884–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Kazimierz Grelewski (1907–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Kazimierz Sykulski (1882–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Krystyn Gondek OFM (1909–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Leon Nowakowski (1913-1939)
• Ludwik Mzyk SVD (1905–1940)
• Ludwik Pius Bartosik OFM (1909–1941 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Ludwik Roch Gietyngier , priest from Częstochowa (1904–1941 Dachau concentration camp)
• Maksymilian Binkiewicz (1913–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Marian Górecki (1903–1940 Stutthof concentration camp)
• Marian Konopiński OFMCap (1907–1943 Dachau concentration camp)
• Marian Skrzypczak (1909-1939 shot in Płonkowo)
• Michał Oziębłowski (1900–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Michał Piaszczyński (1885–1940 Sachsenhausen concentration camp)
• Michał Woźniak (1875–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Mieczysław Bohatkiewicz (1904–1942, shot in Berezwecz)
• Narcyz Putz (1877–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Narcyz Turchan OFM (1879–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Piotr Edward Dankowski (1908–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Roman Archutowski (1882–1943 Majdanek concentration camp )
• Roman Sitko (1880–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Stanisław Kubista SVD (1898–1940 Sachsenhausen concentration camp)
• Stanisław Kubski (1876–1942, prisoner in the Dachau concentration camp, murdered in Hartheim near Linz )
• Stanisław Mysakowski (1896–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Stanisław Pyrtek (1913–1942, shot dead in Berezwecz)
• Stefan Grelewski (1899–1941 Dachau concentration camp)
• Wincenty Matuszewski (1869-1940)
• Władysław Błądziński CSMA (1908–1944 Groß-Rosen concentration camp )
• Władysław Demski (1884–1940 Sachsenhausen concentration camp)
• Władysław Maćkowiak (1910-1942 shot in Berezwecz)
• Władysław Mączkowski (1911–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Władysław Miegoń (1892–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Włodzimierz Laskowski (1886–1940 Gusen concentration camp )
• Zygmunt Pisarski (1902–1943)
• Zygmunt Sajna (1897–1940, shot in Palmiry near Warsaw)

Other clerics

• Bronisław Kostkowski , candidate for priesthood with minor ordinations from Stolp (1915–1942 Dachau concentration camp )
• Tadeusz Dulny , seminary student (1914–1942 Dachau concentration camp)

Friars

• Brunon Zembol OFM (1905–1942 Dachau concentration camp )
• Grzegorz Frąckowiak SVD (1911–1943, died under the guillotine in Dresden )
• Józef Zapłata CFCI , bishop secretary , former master novice and superior of the Poznan Congregation of the Brothers of the Heart of Jesus (1904–1945 Dachau concentration camp)
• Marcin Oprządek OFM (1884–1942 Dachau concentration camp)
• Piotr Bonifacy Żukowski OFMConv (1913–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp )
• Stanisław Tymoteusz Trojanowski OFMConv (1908–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Symforian Ducki OFMCap (1888–1942 Auschwitz concentration camp)

Religious women

• Alicja Jadwiga Kotowska CR (1899–1939, murdered in Piaśnica )
• Julia Rodzińska OP (1899–1945 Stutthof concentration camp )
• Katarzyna Celestyna Faron AM (1913–1944 Auschwitz concentration camp )
• Maria Antonina Kratochwil SSND (1881–1942)
• Maria Ewa Noiszewska CSIC (1885–1942, executed in Góra Pietrelewicka near Slonim, Belarus)
• Maria Klemensa Staszewska OSU (1890–1943 Auschwitz concentration camp)
• Maria Marta Wołowska CSIC (1879–1942, executed in Góra Pietrelewicka near Slonim, Belarus)
• Mieczysława Kowalska OSCCap (1902–1941 Dzialdowo concentration camp)

Lay people

• Czesław Jóźwiak (1919–1942, died under the guillotine in Dresden )
• Edward Kaźmierski (1919–1942, died under the guillotine in Dresden)
• Edward Klinik (1919–1942, died under the guillotine in Dresden)
• Franciszek Kęsy (1920–1942, died under the guillotine in Dresden)
• Franciszek Stryjas , father of the family (1882–1944 prison in Kalisz )
• Jarogniew Wojciechowski (1922–1942, died under the guillotine in Dresden)
• Marianna Biernacka , farmer (1888–1943, was shot in place of her pregnant daughter-in-law)
• Natalia Tułasiewicz , teacher (1906–1945 Ravensbrück concentration camp )
• Stanisław Starowieyski , father of the family (1895–1941 Dachau concentration camp)

Web links

• 108 Martyrs of World War II (English)