Saint Maximilian Kolbe Plaque
- Solid Bronze Plaque
- Small (p108k - 2.25 x 1.9 inches), Medium (p149m - 4.25 x 3.5 inches) or Large (p306g - 7.9 x 6.3 inches)
- Hangs Easily on the Wall
- Made in Germany
- Gift Box Included
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Product Description
This is our stunning Saint Maximilian Kolbe Plaque. St. Maximilian Kolbe, OFM Conv. (1894-1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan Friar, missionary, and martyr at Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Poland. On this plaque he is depicted wearing his prison attire with an inverted triangle marked with a “P” (for Poland) and colored either red to classify him as a political prisoner or pink to denigrate him as a homosexual. His prisoner number (#11670) is right below the triangle. He is holding a rosary – a symbol of his intense Marian devotion. Since he was a newspaper editor, he holds his newspaper under his left arm. He volunteered to die in the place of another prisoner (go to History/Story tab) and was martyred on August 14th, now his feast day. St. Maximilian is the patron saint of journalists, political prisoners, and prisoners. This bronze plaque is especially fitting as a gift for a first communion, confirmation, birthday, or feast day.
A Bronze Wall Plaque in Three Sizes
Available in three sizes – small (p108k – 2 x 1.8 inches), medium (p149m – 4 x 3.25 inches) or large (p306g – 7.9 x 6.3 inches) – this solid bronze plaque will hang with ease on any wall in home or office. This solid bronze plaque was conceived and cast in Germany by a master bronze-smith. This is an especially fitting gift for that special “Maximilian” or “Max” in your life!
Martyr of Auschwitz – Confessor of the Faith – “The Patron Saint of Our Difficult Century”
At least 1.1 million prisoners – 90 percent of them Jewish – also perished in Auschwitz with St. Maximilian Kolbe. Approximately 1 in 6 Jews killed during the Holocaust (from the Greek ὁλόκαυστος holókaustos: “whole burnt offering”) – also known as the Shoah (Hebrew: השואה, “the catastrophe”) – died in Auschwitz. Pope Saint John Paul II declared St. Maximilian Kolbe “the patron saint of our difficult century.” This plaque is an appropriate gift for celebrating his feast day on August 14th, for a birthday, a first communion, or a confirmation.
After the outbreak of World War II and Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe provided shelter to Polish refugees, including over 2,000 Jews whom he hid in his friary in Niepokalanow from Nazi persecution. On February 17, 1941 he was arrested by the Gestapo (the Nazi secret police) and was then incarcerated in the prison at Pawiak. He was transferred to the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz as prisoner #16670 on May 28, 1941.
When three prisoners escaped from the camp in late July 1941, SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Karl Fritzsch, the deputy camp commander, in order to deter any further escape attempts, selected ten men to be starved to death in an underground bunker. When one of the men selected, a Polish Catholic army sergeant named Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out, “My wife! My children!”, Kolbe volunteered to die in his place.
Each day in his prison cell, Kolbe celebrated Mass and sang hymns with the other condemned prisoners. He encouraged them by promising them they would soon be in Heaven with Mary. The guards always found him standing or kneeling calmly in the middle of the cell. After two weeks of no food and no water, only Kolbe still remained alive. Since the guards wanted to empty out the bunker, they gave him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. Some present at that moment say that he raised his left arm and calmly waited for the injection. His remains were cremated on the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, August 15, 1941.
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Additional Information
| Weight | 0.56 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 4 x 1 in |
| Size |
Small (2.25 x 1.9 inches), Medium (4.25 x 3.5 inches) |
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Details
- Solid Bronze Plaque
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- Hangs Easily on the Wall
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