Place

Auschwitz

Today: Oświęcim

3 saints associated

108 Martyrs of World War II

Feast: June 12th • 20th century

Group of 108 Polish Catholics (bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople) murdered by the Nazi regime between 1939 and …

Feast: May 23rd • 20th century

Jan Świerc and his eight companions are Polish Salesian priests, martyrs of Nazism at Auschwitz and Dachau, beatified in…

Feast: August 14th • 20th century

A Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, Maximilian Kolbe founded the Militia of the Immaculata and the friary of Niepokala…

Which saints are connected to Auschwitz?

Saints associated with Auschwitz: 108 Martyrs of World War II, Jan Świerc and companions and Maximilian Kolbe.

Where is Auschwitz located today?

Auschwitz corresponds today to Oświęcim.