A Polish catholic priest, Kazimierz Sykulski.

He was executed by shooting in Auschwitz on 11 December 1941.
He was 58.

He was beatified in 1999: https://prayers4reparation.wordpress.com/tag/blessed-kazimierz-sykulski/?fbclid=IwAR0uTEOYaC2sR-qt_EsAEd071u0ZmylboIylySSIVe_p1lyOCQVYSwDQkRQ

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The Germans incarcerated in Auschwitz at least 464 priests, seminarians & monks as well as 35 nuns. Learn about the fate of Christian clergy and religious life in the camp: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_18_duchowienstwo/

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