Polish Catholic Priest Father Maximilian Kolbe was arrested by the Nazis for harbouring Jews.
He volunteered to take the place of a condemned prisoner… giving his life for the sake of a younger Man with a family. This man survived the War and many years later was present when the Catholic Church made Kolbe a Saint.
I am no Catholic yet believe this man’s heroic sacrifice is worthy of remembrance.
We all know the shameful deal the Catholic church made with the Nazi Regime… yet Kolbe is a demonstration that it is wrong to judge *all Catholics* living through that time by the actions of their Church hierarchy.
Many German’s also gave their lives fighting the Nazis and refusing to surrender their values… Dietrich Bonhoeffer being another… and Hans and Sophie Scholl… proving there were Brave and Nobel Germans prepared to pay the ultimate price rather than bend the knee to The Satanic Adolf Hitler.

Tim Wikiriwhi.
Christian Libertarian.

Watch this short Youtube clip below.

More from Tim… God’s Grace, Libertarianism, and Anne Frank

White Rose. Hans and Sophie Scholl – The Final Days: True Story of Anti-Nazi Activist