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108 Martyrs of World War II

Catholic martyrs in Poland during WWII

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The 108 Martyrs of World War II, known also as the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs (Polish: 108 błogosławionych męczenników), were Catholics from Poland killed during World War II by German Nazis. Their liturgical feast day is 12 June. The 108 were beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw. The group comprises 3 bishops, 79 priests, 7 male religious, 8 female religious, and 11 lay people. There are two parishes named for the martyrs, in Powiercie in Koło County, and in Malbork.

Antoni Julian Nowowiejski (1858–1941 KL Soldau), bishop

Leon Wetmański (1886–1941 KL Soldau), bishop

Władysław Goral (1898–1945 KL Sachsenhausen), bishop

Adam Bargielski, priest from Myszyniec (1903–1942 KZ Dachau)

Aleksy Sobaszek, priest (1895–1942 KL Dachau)

Alfons Maria Mazurek, Carmelite friar, prior, priest (1891–1944, shot by the Gestapo)

Alojzy Liguda, Society of the Divine Word, priest (1898–1942 KL Dachau)

Anastazy Jakub Pankiewicz, Franciscan friar, priest (1882–1942 KL Dachau)

Anicet Kopliński, Capuchin friar, priest in Warsaw (1875–1941)

Antoni Beszta-Borowski, priest, dean of Bielsk Podlaski (1880–1943, shot near Bielsk Podlaski)

Antoni Leszczewicz, Marian Father, priest (1890–1943, burnt to death in Rosica, Belarus)

Antoni Rewera, priest, dean of the Cathedral Chapter in Sandomierz (1869–1942 KL Dachau)

Antoni Świadek, priest from Bydgoszcz (1909–1945 KL Dachau)

Antoni Zawistowski, priest (1882–1942 KL Dachau)

Bolesław Strzelecki, priest (1896–1941 KL Auschwitz)

Bronisław Komorowski, priest (1889–22 March 1940 KL Stutthof)

Dominik Jędrzejewski, priest (1886–1942 KL Dachau)

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