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Dortmund
Stadt Dortmund
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Propsteihof 10
(Kath. Centrum Maximilian-Kolbe-Haus)

Maximilan Kolbe

Zduńska Wola 1894 - Auschwitz 1941
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi German concentration camp of Auschwitz
(Wikipedia)

Hubert Hartmann
1992

Description

Memorial plaque with portrait relief.

Inscription(s)

sein tod ist ein zeichen
des sieges über hass
und verachtung

pater
MAXIMILIAN KOLBE
* 7.1.1894 in zdunska wola
1918 in rom zum
priester geweiht
† 14.8.1941 im kz auschwitz
10.10.1982 heilig gesprochen
er ging für einen familien-
vater in der todesbuker

Signature

h. hartmann / wiedenbrück 92

Sculptor

Hubert Hartmann (Rheda-Wiedenbrück 1915 - idem 2006), academic sculptor and church artist (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 51°30'47" - E 7°27'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw151; Photograph: 13 February 2011
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