Franciszek Gajowniczek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish Army officer
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Place of Birth: Strachomin, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
About Franciszek Gajowniczek
- Franciszek Gajowniczek (15 November 1901 – 13 March 1995) was a Polish army sergeant whose life was saved at Auschwitz by priest Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in his place.
- Gajowniczek had been sent to Auschwitz concentration camp from a Gestapo prison in Tarnów.
- He was captured while crossing the border into Slovakia after the defeat of the Modlin Fortress during the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany.
- Gajowniczek and Kolbe met as inmates of Auschwitz in May 1941.
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