True definition of a martyr. He knew what would happen, and didn’t care. Like the man said “if I can bring someone closer to god, then I gladly suffer”… such a powerful and meaningful message.
Maximillian Kolbe was a great man, to willingly sacrifice his life to save the life of another. Knowing what he volunteered for, how he was going to die, was going to be throughly unpleasant.
The descendants of these Jews are now doing the same or even worse to the Palestinians. But the hypocritical European civilization is silent. One day you will be ashamed of your silence.
I'm constantly fascinated by the stories of heroic deeds that took place during WW2, in the concentration camps in particular. Further proves you can't kill the human spirit and the will to show compassion is as powerful as anything. What a man this was to do such a deed for someone he did not know
Here is one from my family . My grandfather worked as an Ingenieur building v2 Rockets . He gave the co workers (kz Häftlingen) his cigarettes so they could trade for food. He was caught and they said , next time he would swap uniforms .. March 1945 he told a nazi about his view of Adolf. He was send to the eastern front ! MIA RIP . We will never know what happened , but never forgotten
@MartinGonzalez-rt5dd So Humans wronged God by eating a fruit and God responded with "Here take my Son so that you an kill him on the Cross so i can forgive you"?🤣🤣. God, this paragon of wisdom, couldn't figure abetter way to forgive our sins than to result to ancient barbaric ways of Human Sacrifices??
Tacy są Polacy ❤🇵🇱A teraz Niemcy nie chcą dać nam nic za zniszczenie Polski za zamordowaniem 6 milionów Polaków!!J co Teraz chcą być przewodnikiem Europy!!!😡 Ludzie większych klamst i bezczelności nie widziałem i nie słyszałem!!!!J MOIA NAJDROŻSZA Babcia i dziadek który był na wojnje od początku do końca!!!❤️J mówili że jak świat światem Polak z Niemcem nie będzie bratem 🙏J to cała prawda!!!🙏🇵🇱
The story of Father Maximilian Kolbe is also a reminder of the importance of compassion. Compassion is the willingness to help others, even if it means sacrificing something of yourself. Compassion is a powerful force that can change the world. It can give people comfort, hope, and a sense of connection.
So Europe did this to their Jewish population who contributed so much to society.Now they let in migrants from dangerous countries whom dont have a dime,that dislike the European ways.KARMA!!!!PAYBACK!Europe will sink,you did it to yourselves!
What he did for that man is beyond words... Plus him being in the starvation bunker with the others, he was definitely able to comfort them. Max Kolbe is a good example of a TRUE believer in Christ.
And you have heard this said about no greater love...true...John 15:13? But there is a greater love.......someone that lays down their life for their enemy. That is what God did and asked His Son Jesus to be the sacrificial lamb that the enemies of God might be saved and transformed. Forgive them Father, they know not what they do.
Except Fr Maximillian Kolbe laid down his life for strangers. Many of whom were gravely remiss in not coming forward after the war to acknowledge the priests supreme sacrifice. Such was the nature of their gratitude. They used his life like a stepping stone, for them to survive at all costs, but not at the cost of their lives. I certainly pray and hope that divine justice exists beyond this life, because there are many injustices not rectified in this life.
@@kevinmalone3210I know. I am Roman Catholic. I suffer with many health conditions but nothing like he suffered. I pray to him when it's truly bad. When I suffered through narcissistic abuse and became suicidal I prayed to God to give me the strength and him and my mother and grandmother. They all gave me the strength to get out and get through.
I first heard about Max Kolbe 18yrs ago. I have venerated him ever since. I named my first born son in his honour. I am not a Catholic, but Kolbe is a shining example of God's real existence in that forsaken place of inhumanity.
@@paxchristi1661 Thanks for the invitation, but if you're born Orthodox, you die Orthodox. Having said that, I did teach R.E. in a Catholic high school for 15yrs. Trained at a Catholic university. I think the best I can do is be an outside supporter and sympathiser of the Catholic Church and her immensely beautiful and powerfully symbolic rituals and traditions. Stay Blessed. :)
@@fonzaug3355 I appreciate your reply, never looked into Orthodox differences from Catholic Chruch, will look into it. Yes, I feel at home in Catholic church it is just beautiful. Stay Blessed as well brother :)
Poles [People of Polish nationality] were the first prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp; [in addition to the small group of German criminal prisoners who served as Kapos]. "First mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp" in Wikipedia.
God Bless you St Maximillian. I learned of you in my Primary School , St Patrick's, Greenock , Scotland aged 9. I worshipped in your Church in Mississauga, Ontario , Canada in my 20's. Where I had sampled Polish Christmas with good Polish Pals of mine. Hopefully I'll pray for you one day where you perished. RIP St Maximillian Kolbe
When I was baptized as a Catholic - then I had the opportunity to choose one holy protector for myself. I chose Maximilian Kolbe. At that time I was about 12 years old - I didn't really know much about him, but as the years went by I learned a lot more about this priest who gave his life.
I am a Protestant. My protector is Jesus. The bible calls all believers saints. And the bible describes how dead believers sleep in the grave pending the day of resurrection. Let's not forget that Hitler was raised Catholic.
He appeared to me in a beautiful dream and offered me the same crowns the holy virgin gave to him., And i gladly accepted them ......I am a visionary prophet of the most holy virgin Mary...You can see my apparition manifested by God in 2010 please google BLACKBERY MEDJUGORJE.....Holy virgin appeard to me on feb. 15 1974 i was 14 i was sick she revealed Medjugorje to me first with this Omnious message.........IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME I APPEAR ON EARTH THIS WAY MEDJUGORJE...An end times OMNIOUS message
One, crucial scene of the conversation between the German officer and Fr. Kolbe was omitted or trivialised. He was so stunned by Fr. Kolbe's request that he started referring to him by "Sir", not mentioning the simple fact that anyone approaching KL staff without being summoned would have been shot on the spot. After Fr. Kolbe' s and his fellow inmates' death, nobody was ever sent to hunger bunker again. And it was 1941. The worst of that hell on earth was yet to come. May the story of this brave saint man and also of Ms Stanislawa Leszczyńska, a midwife, who helped to bring into this world some around 3000 children whose place of birth happened to be KL Auschwitz, be the food for thought and an answer for the ever so often asked question: where was God then. She has not lost any of these children at birth despite dramatic conditions, which meant no hygene, no clean water, no clean towel, birthing place being the stove in front of the whole barrack. Even Mengele himself did not dare to oppose to her.
God exists with His generosity and grace He helped these people by placing mercy in the heart of this saint and this woman Thanks to him and his generosity, the war ended, and some Holocaust survivors remain to this day, including those who have reached the age of more than 100. Don't you know that the life of this world is a place of trial?God was present and He granted them patience and kindness for this affliction Then this stage ends
I am a Muslim and I deeply sympathized with the Jews oppressed in the Holocaust If only these people knew what their children and grandchildren did to the Palestinian people Horrors like the horrors of the Nazis, and the massacres in Gaza and Palestine continue to this day
When I was a teen I read the story of Father Kolbe in the readers digest that my parents got delivered every month. I am more awe struck by his sacrifice as the decades have passed.
The tour guide at the Birkenau told me that St. Maksymilian Kolbe stayed alive for longer than it would be possible under such conditions and didn't show his suffering until his last moments
The true definition of heroism. A brave and noble person thinking only of others who are in pain and despair. How sad that the word “hero” has been devalued to such an extent that nowadays it means a footballer who scores a goal that wins a football match. 😢
Merveille de l'amour de Jésus pour tous ses enfants :MaximilienKolbe,un Saint Extraordinaire qui a aimé son prochain avec l'amour même deDieu, quel exemple magnifique et Héroïque ! Quelle Merveille. 🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹❤️❤️❤️🤗
I’m in tears 😭 right now. And, yes I knew about Father. I will ask him for intercession for world peace ☮️ right now. … bless everyone this Advent and Christmas 🎄. Lord hear me pray.
Mary is not my mother. Mary was a sinful Hebrew girl who was chosen to bare the son of God. She is not divine. She sleeps in her grave awaiting the resurrection.
@@weegeelana8523 it doesn't say in the Bible that Mary is the mother of us all. In fact Jesus said "who is my mother? Who is my brother? Those who do the will of my Father."
In the 60s, we knew of Fr. Max Kolbe in the Catholic convent school I attended for 13 years, from K-12. We also know of Sr Edith Stein, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, who went up the chimney; she has been venerated.
Thank you for this. I immersed myself in some Holocaust history which left me bereft of any hope for mankind. This helped flip my perspective. We all need to conform to kindness toward each other. None of us survive this brief life, but while we are here, our purpose is to serve others... and with such, we will survive in spirit.
Amazes me how teachers, professors even several members of the house senate of the demorat party say the Holocaust have never happened. Even FDR who many think was a great pos potus, a demorat denied what the Nazis were doing to the people the Jews and all. FDR Turned away, if my memory is correct the ST LOUIS with 600 JEWS on board and would not let them come through as refugees. They were returned to Germany never heard from again. FDR had forbidden USArmy from taking any pictures or movies of death camps, concentration camps and Gen Eisenhower pretty much said F YOU and made sure photos and movies were taken to prove to the world what Hitler did. Harry S Truman, a US Army Captain and VP under FDR and when FDR the slime ball finally croaked Harry took over and was behind Gen Eisnehower to release the pictures and movies of the freeing of the living cadavers in the death camps. Remember Demorats never approved that Israel would be recognized and even threatened Harry with impeachment if he recognized Israel. Harry was the 1st leader of the world to recognize Israel as a nation among all nations. If you do not see from history then and now how one party is so evil and disgusting lookd around the globe and see the word Democrat and you will see evil. I am not GOP I am not Trumpie I am a JFK Era Democrat but honestly I cannot support any demorat for the past 30 years and I never vote a party ticket. Never forget HISTORY if we do we will repeat the same problems and get the same or worse results,just see it under herr biden
I too have been immersing myself in the Holocaust history partly because I was born at the end of March 1945 which was so close to the end of the War. Sadly at this date the Nazis in some cases were force marching Concentration Camp survivors away from the camps to hide them and take them to their deaths. At the end of the War, as I am sure is well known, the Naxis made a huge effort to try to hide their evil demonic practices.
Bravo. No unnecessary homilizing in this film, and as far as I can see a duly diligent attention to historical facts - the number on Kolbe's uniform, the apparently accurate use of red triangles sewn onto the uniforms of Kolbe and his fellow-prisoners. Today is a big day in 2023, being Saint Maximilian Kolbe's feast day in the General Roman Calendar, and the 82nd anniversary of his death. Saint Maximilian Kolbe, intercede for us.
Well done! Left me wanting more. I especially liked the opening of the dangling rosaries, followed by the prayer. You have a vision. Good luck in pursuing your dreams.
@@antoniettadilorenzo9064 na prawde niedawno w Polscs ktęcą finm o Ojcy Kolbe. Jako statysta uczestniczylem w scenach kiedy bydlęce wagony przyjechały do Oświęcimia. Bylo to kręcone w Modlinie pod Warszawą. Mam nawet filmiki nagrane prywatnym telefinem ale nie moge publicznie tego wstawic do internetu. Inaczej prywatnie
We don't know that. But as catholics I think that we should have the hope that everyoke who sinned had the chance of repend ando convert to God. Maybe in heaven we will meet with that commander and we all will be able to talk about our own convertion
@@samanthamedina3932 Repent? I have read of mystical people that Hitler is in hell.Besides, I really don't weigh that Hitler ever repented.Besides, he also committed suicide.
@@sassycat6487How about you then? Don't tell me there haven't been situations where you didn't do anything to help someone. Are you the 'child of the devil'? No. There is no such thing. People do or don't do thing when they're afraid at the mercy of cruel people. But that's what makes them terrifying. They're people. Not monsters, not 'children of the devil', people.
We are ALL brothers and sisters from each other. We are All Equal to each other. Kolbe, Knew he woul'd be protected by god our creator, source of anyone, anything and everything and he knew he would be picked up and brought home by god. He had total trust on our creator. An act of a very old soul. What Maximilian Kolbe did was an True act of Love for a brother. In this era we need more of these souls to save the world from hate. I thank him for his act but also realize there were many of these during the war.
The term 'old soul' is more of a term for Hindus and Buddhists, because Catholics as Christians believe humans only have one life, whereas Hindus and Buddhists believe that humans and animals keep progressing in different lives one after another as they are 'old souls'.
IT TAKES A HEART TO BE MOVED AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE SUFFERING.ONLY OUR LORD JESUS CAN GIVE US SUCH A HEART.I AM HAPPY TO STATE THAT I AM PROUD TO BE CALLED 'HIS'❤❤❤❤❤
This past year I have seen seen with my own eyes the camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the memorial outside for the priest (now Saint) Maximilian Maria Kolbe. May we all be forever vigilant that such times not come again soon upon us. Or upon you or those close to you.
Oops typo error ::: 500,000 souls in all... Not by my word, but Word of Most High himself...I try to emulate St Max Kolbe, but I am only a pale shadow....St Max Kolbe name is etched in YAD VASHEM, the tree of righteousness in Jerusalem.. He is one of the heroes whose name spread thru the Jewish communities after news of his sacrifice spread like wildfire....blessed be the clients of St Max Kolbe !!! Likewise in the Hamas-Israel war, many stories of heroes are emerging !!! Foreigners, Jews and Palestonians alike !!! Praise to God
I remember when I was year 2 and my teacher Mrs Rowe told us this story about how when 1 escaped but 10 will pay, I haven't really thought much of this up until now that I am watching a video about it.
I don’t know why I never knew about this story about this Catholic Priest 🥺 and I’ve been studying about the Holocaust and crimes against humanity, the Einsatzgruppen executions for decades since the early 90’s
The Cell in Auschwitz I where Father Kolbe died is still there and is considered a holy place. He actually survived longer than all of the other prisoners and was killed via lethal injection because it was taking too long. When I went there I had an opportunity to see where Saint Kolbe passed away.
@@tcofield1967 that’s truly amazing and just gut wrenching that you’ve gotten to visit Auschwitz I. Did you visit the entire camp ? I can’t wait to visit Poland and go visit Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, Plaszow camps and walk by Amon Goethe’s villa and visit Krakow, Warsaw hopefully in 2024
Fr Kolbe had a vision early on in his life where he was offered a choice between two life pathways. He chose martyrdom which foreshadowed his actual untimely death. What faith and courage.
i´m not an expert, but correct me, if im wrong: The right officer's cap is from the SS (skull), but he wears collar tabs from the Wehrmacht, to be precise from the infantry of this one. The shoulder pieces are also missing. And all of this takes place in an occupied area, far behind the front, which is why there should be actually no panic and no confusion with the uniforms.
you do not have to be a catholic , to see that character is measured by the price ,...... of what we choose ... to hold on to ,......and what we sacrifice ,.......for the sake of love bless him . .
This is the film that made me choose him as my patron saint being a former neo nazi i couldnt think of a better saint. I pray he lifts my prayers to Christ and continues me down the path ive gone down
I have been viewing lately many many TH-cam informational videos about Ww2 and the facts came out about the way The Third Reich ie Hitler and his ratpack near the end of the war pushed a lot of very young Hitler Youth into the War along with untrained what they regarded as useless men who were simply cannon fodder to keep the war going. All these people had little to no correct uniforms, just ragtag clothing.
True definition of a martyr. He knew what would happen, and didn’t care. Like the man said “if I can bring someone closer to god, then I gladly suffer”… such a powerful and meaningful message.
His faith made him whole. God says in the Bible blessed are those who suffer for great is their reward in heaven.
Maximillian Kolbe was a great man, to willingly sacrifice his life to save the life of another. Knowing what he volunteered for, how he was going to die, was going to be throughly unpleasant.
Alpha sigma male
RIP father you gave you’re own life for a stranger which I KNOW I could NOT have done what you did & i too am a catholic.
The descendants of these Jews are now doing the same or even worse to the Palestinians. But the hypocritical European civilization is silent. One day you will be ashamed of your silence.
I'm constantly fascinated by the stories of heroic deeds that took place during WW2, in the concentration camps in particular. Further proves you can't kill the human spirit and the will to show compassion is as powerful as anything. What a man this was to do such a deed for someone he did not know
Here is one from my family .
My grandfather worked as an Ingenieur building v2 Rockets . He gave the co workers (kz Häftlingen) his cigarettes so they could trade for food. He was caught and they said , next time he would swap uniforms ..
March 1945 he told a nazi about his view of Adolf. He was send to the eastern front ! MIA
RIP . We will never know what happened , but never forgotten
@@hkjack410 Blessings to your family.
You had a very brave grandfather...A person to admire, and try to emulate.
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I am too.
I watch WW2 heroic stories, movies, etc...
Read about Witold Pilecki, the biggest Hero of WW2. Also, Irena Sendler.
@@hkjack410 it's nice to hear from a German perspective that they weren't all Nazi's and he was brave enough to speak up
This man was a shining light in a dark world... may he rest in peace.
The world is now even darker
May he pray for Us!
@MartinGonzalez-rt5dd So Humans wronged God by eating a fruit and God responded with "Here take my Son so that you an kill him on the Cross so i can forgive you"?🤣🤣. God, this paragon of wisdom, couldn't figure abetter way to forgive our sins than to result to ancient barbaric ways of Human Sacrifices??
Tacy są Polacy ❤🇵🇱A teraz Niemcy nie chcą dać nam nic za zniszczenie Polski za zamordowaniem 6 milionów Polaków!!J co Teraz chcą być przewodnikiem Europy!!!😡 Ludzie większych klamst i bezczelności nie widziałem i nie słyszałem!!!!J MOIA NAJDROŻSZA Babcia i dziadek który był na wojnje od początku do końca!!!❤️J mówili że jak świat światem Polak z Niemcem nie będzie bratem 🙏J to cała prawda!!!🙏🇵🇱
@tomfoolish5202 If God did it this way, then it must be for a reason. You're not the one who created life so how would you know the best choice?
The story of Father Maximilian Kolbe is also a reminder of the importance of compassion. Compassion is the willingness to help others, even if it means sacrificing something of yourself.
Compassion is a powerful force that can change the world. It can give people comfort, hope, and a sense of connection.
So Europe did this to their Jewish population who contributed so much to society.Now they let in migrants from dangerous countries whom dont have a dime,that dislike the European ways.KARMA!!!!PAYBACK!Europe will sink,you did it to yourselves!
May this brave catholic priest rest in peace with Jesus and all the other Saints.
@catherineostanti J’ai suis plus d’accord avec vous ❤😊
Grow up
@@vincentkeller4725
Rather, it is you who may want to grow up.
@@vincentkeller4725 Your comment makes absolutely NO sense at all. Very weird!!
@@vincentkeller4725may you too be lead to heaven
What he did for that man is beyond words... Plus him being in the starvation bunker with the others, he was definitely able to comfort them. Max Kolbe is a good example of a TRUE believer in Christ.
No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13).
I have seen this in combat
And you have heard this said about no greater love...true...John 15:13? But there is a greater love.......someone that lays down their life for their enemy. That is what God did and asked His Son Jesus to be the sacrificial lamb that the enemies of God might be saved and transformed. Forgive them Father, they know not what they do.
💓🐓🍀🌸🕎👑🇮🇱Amen🤗🎆📖✝️🥰👨👩👧👦🕊️🌼🐧🛐
AMEN
Except Fr Maximillian Kolbe laid down his life for strangers. Many of whom were gravely remiss in not coming forward after the war to acknowledge the priests supreme sacrifice. Such was the nature of their gratitude. They used his life like a stepping stone, for them to survive at all costs, but not at the cost of their lives. I certainly pray and hope that divine justice exists beyond this life, because there are many injustices not rectified in this life.
He sacrificed his life so others can live. He was a martyr and a saint...may God protect us all. He knew he was gonna die but he trusted God.
He was a great man. He was later canonized as a Saint by Pope John Paul II and the Roman Catholic Church.
Pop was a pedifila
@@kevinmalone3210I know. I am Roman Catholic. I suffer with many health conditions but nothing like he suffered. I pray to him when it's truly bad. When I suffered through narcissistic abuse and became suicidal I prayed to God to give me the strength and him and my mother and grandmother. They all gave me the strength to get out and get through.
If God existed, none of them would be in that camp. He abandoned all in the holocaust.
He wasn’t a martyr
I first heard about Max Kolbe 18yrs ago. I have venerated him ever since. I named my first born son in his honour. I am not a Catholic, but Kolbe is a shining example of God's real existence in that forsaken place of inhumanity.
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Become Catholic.🙏
@@paxchristi1661 Thanks for the invitation, but if you're born Orthodox, you die Orthodox. Having said that, I did teach R.E. in a Catholic high school for 15yrs. Trained at a Catholic university. I think the best I can do is be an outside supporter and sympathiser of the Catholic Church and her immensely beautiful and powerfully symbolic rituals and traditions. Stay Blessed. :)
@@fonzaug3355 I appreciate your reply, never looked into Orthodox differences from Catholic Chruch, will look into it. Yes, I feel at home in Catholic church it is just beautiful. Stay Blessed as well brother :)
Poles [People of Polish nationality] were the first prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp; [in addition to the small group of German criminal prisoners who served as Kapos].
"First mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp" in Wikipedia.
God Bless you St Maximillian. I learned of you in my Primary School , St Patrick's, Greenock , Scotland aged 9. I worshipped in your Church in Mississauga, Ontario , Canada in my 20's. Where I had sampled Polish Christmas with good Polish Pals of mine. Hopefully I'll pray for you one day where you perished. RIP St Maximillian Kolbe
Niech Pan Bóg Ci wynagrodzi 🤝
You'll pray for the man who has already died??? Huh? Why? Is that what the Bible/God says to do?
@@SusanBurrows-y9twe believe in life after death. it is written about it in the new testament 🤷🏻 easy to understand
When I was baptized as a Catholic - then I had the opportunity to choose one holy protector for myself. I chose Maximilian Kolbe. At that time I was about 12 years old - I didn't really know much about him, but as the years went by I learned a lot more about this priest who gave his life.
🙏🏻✝️ Good brother
I am a Protestant.
My protector is Jesus.
The bible calls all believers saints.
And the bible describes how dead believers sleep in the grave pending the day of resurrection.
Let's not forget that Hitler was raised Catholic.
@@geordiewishart1683 xDD but dad was protestant
The dead can't protect you, and there's nothing holy about them.
@@MetaKnight964 Convert Before too!!!! late!!!
コルベ神父の存在そのものが奇跡でした。聖母マリアに愛された生涯。清貧、貞潔、従順を完璧なまでに実践し、自己犠牲を厭わなかったその姿はまさに聖人です。日本の長崎でも布教されていた聖人コルベ神父。日本人としても感謝しつつ、世界の平和をお祈りします。
He appeared to me in a beautiful dream and offered me the same crowns the holy virgin gave to him., And i gladly accepted them ......I am a visionary prophet of the most holy virgin Mary...You can see my apparition manifested by God in 2010 please google BLACKBERY MEDJUGORJE.....Holy virgin appeard to me on feb. 15 1974 i was 14 i was sick she revealed Medjugorje to me first with this Omnious message.........IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME I APPEAR ON EARTH THIS WAY MEDJUGORJE...An end times OMNIOUS message
But the japanense people were nazi's friends.
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❤Amen 🙏🏻
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One, crucial scene of the conversation between the German officer and Fr. Kolbe was omitted or trivialised. He was so stunned by Fr. Kolbe's request that he started referring to him by "Sir", not mentioning the simple fact that anyone approaching KL staff without being summoned would have been shot on the spot.
After Fr. Kolbe' s and his fellow inmates' death, nobody was ever sent to hunger bunker again.
And it was 1941. The worst of that hell on earth was yet to come.
May the story of this brave saint man and also of Ms Stanislawa Leszczyńska, a midwife, who helped to bring into this world some around 3000 children whose place of birth happened to be KL Auschwitz, be the food for thought and an answer for the ever so often asked question: where was God then.
She has not lost any of these children at birth despite dramatic conditions, which meant no hygene, no clean water, no clean towel, birthing place being the stove in front of the whole barrack. Even Mengele himself did not dare to oppose to her.
God exists with His generosity and grace He helped these people by placing mercy in the heart of this saint and this woman Thanks to him and his generosity, the war ended, and some Holocaust survivors remain to this day, including those who have reached the age of more than 100. Don't you know that the life of this world is a place of trial?God was present and He granted them patience and kindness for this affliction Then this stage ends
I am a Muslim and I deeply sympathized with the Jews oppressed in the Holocaust If only these people knew what their children and grandchildren did to the Palestinian people Horrors like the horrors of the Nazis, and the massacres in Gaza and Palestine continue to this day
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee, is a beautiful thing to be saying as you go to meet your God.
When I was a teen I read the story of Father Kolbe in the readers digest that my parents got delivered every month. I am more awe struck by his sacrifice as the decades have passed.
Hauntingly beautiful thank you father kolbe
The tour guide at the Birkenau told me that St. Maksymilian Kolbe stayed alive for longer than it would be possible under such conditions and didn't show his suffering until his last moments
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I recall seeing a cell filled with lighted candles in Auschwitz in remembrance of Fr Max. Very moving.
The true definition of heroism. A brave and noble person thinking only of others who are in pain and despair. How sad that the word “hero” has been devalued to such an extent that nowadays it means a footballer who scores a goal that wins a football match. 😢
This priest showed true mercy for his fellow brothers.
¿ Y Pío XI I ?
It was God's grace working through Kolbe, to offer himself as a sacrifice, to save the life of another.
I wish i could see the whole movie this kind man had real compassion for everyone God has a special place for father kolbe
I believe Maximilian Schell played him in a movie. I think in the 60s but I'm not sure.
Merveille de l'amour de Jésus pour tous ses enfants :MaximilienKolbe,un Saint Extraordinaire qui a aimé son prochain avec l'amour même deDieu, quel exemple magnifique et Héroïque ! Quelle Merveille. 🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹❤️❤️❤️🤗
I’m in tears 😭 right now. And, yes I knew about Father. I will ask him for intercession for world peace ☮️ right now. … bless everyone this Advent and Christmas 🎄. Lord hear me pray.
Wow! Shout out to this Catholic Priest for praying to the name of Jesus for protection and love. Powerful scene.
And SHOUT OUT JESUS'S HOLY MOTHER ALSO, the Mother of us all!!!
Yes, that was not a very knowledgeable remark.
well he didnt protec anyone from these despicale horrors
Mary is not my mother.
Mary was a sinful Hebrew girl who was chosen to bare the son of God.
She is not divine.
She sleeps in her grave awaiting the resurrection.
@@weegeelana8523 it doesn't say in the Bible that Mary is the mother of us all. In fact Jesus said "who is my mother? Who is my brother? Those who do the will of my Father."
In the 60s, we knew of Fr. Max Kolbe in the Catholic convent school I attended for 13 years, from K-12. We also know of Sr Edith Stein, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, who went up the chimney; she has been venerated.
Great human.🙏.God bless🙏
I remember reading in L'Osservatore Romano about Kolbe's brave sacrifice and his elevation to sainthood.A righteous man worthy of the title.
I went to Polish school in Montreal. One of the nuns who taught had been interred. I learned about Father Kolbe after she told us her story.
Thank you for this. I immersed myself in some Holocaust history which left me bereft of any hope for mankind. This helped flip my perspective. We all need to conform to kindness toward each other. None of us survive this brief life, but while we are here, our purpose is to serve others... and with such, we will survive in spirit.
Amazes me how teachers, professors even several members of the house senate of the demorat party say the Holocaust have never happened.
Even FDR who many think was a great pos potus, a demorat denied what the Nazis were doing to the people the Jews and all.
FDR Turned away, if my memory is correct the ST LOUIS with 600 JEWS on board and would not let them come through as refugees. They were returned to Germany never heard from again.
FDR had forbidden USArmy from taking any pictures or movies of death camps, concentration camps and Gen Eisenhower pretty much said F YOU and made sure photos and movies were taken to prove to the world what Hitler did.
Harry S Truman, a US Army Captain and VP under FDR and when FDR the slime ball finally croaked Harry took over and was behind Gen Eisnehower to release the pictures and movies of the freeing of the living cadavers in the death camps.
Remember Demorats never approved that Israel would be recognized and even threatened Harry with impeachment if he recognized Israel. Harry was the 1st leader of the world to recognize Israel as a nation among all nations.
If you do not see from history then and now how one party is so evil and disgusting lookd around the globe and see the word Democrat and you will see evil.
I am not GOP I am not Trumpie I am a JFK Era Democrat but honestly I cannot support any demorat for the past 30 years and I never vote a party ticket.
Never forget HISTORY if we do we will repeat the same problems and get the same or worse results,just see it under herr biden
I too have been immersing myself in the Holocaust history partly because I was born at the end of March 1945 which was so close to the end of the War. Sadly at this date the Nazis in some cases were force marching Concentration Camp survivors away from the camps to hide them and take them to their deaths. At the end of the War, as I am sure is well known, the Naxis made a huge effort to try to hide their evil demonic practices.
In our deepest suffering....only pray could save us....amen...🙏🙏🙏
He followed the food steps of Jesus Christ and sacrificed himself for a stranger he didn't even knew. That's what it means to be a true christian.
That's. Wot .it. Means. To. Have. Compation.
Father Kolbe defies the Nazis by not greeting them with the Nazi salute but with the praise of Jesus Christ
I was unaware of this story, so I am glad that the TH-cam algorithm sent it to me! Great film, and such an important story to share!
Watching this on All Saints Day 2023.
Bravo. No unnecessary homilizing in this film, and as far as I can see a duly diligent attention to historical facts - the number on Kolbe's uniform, the apparently accurate use of red triangles sewn onto the uniforms of Kolbe and his fellow-prisoners. Today is a big day in 2023, being Saint Maximilian Kolbe's feast day in the General Roman Calendar, and the 82nd anniversary of his death. Saint Maximilian Kolbe, intercede for us.
Thank you!
All glory to God for people getting saved 🙌
Merci pour ce film et à , saint Maximillien Kolbe
C est pas une série ? 😊
Zoti eshte i madh, Ai ekziston, i criron njerzit nga roberia
So Powerful....bless you father..
Powerful, kind and moving.
I'd like to see the full movie. As a catholic that I am, I'd like to thank the producers, director and actors of this film.
A true story about how Mengele and Eichmann escaped to South America would be also very interesting and informative .
A true story of how the allied prisoners were protected when the fell in Italy 🇮🇹.
I thought that was the whole movie :)
Well done! Left me wanting more. I especially liked the opening of the dangling rosaries, followed by the prayer. You have a vision. Good luck in pursuing your dreams.
Beautiful film 🎥 about St. Maximillian Kolbe +++
Absolutely excellent film! Well done
Vater Unser der Du bist im Himmel,Amen
That's ultimate compassion.
Jestem Polakiem i jestem dumny że tydzień temu mogłem asystować w nowo powstającym filmie u siebie w kraku o Ojcu Kolbe
Grandissimo santo . Che Dio li ab ua in gloria. Amen
Gratulacje❤
@@antoniettadilorenzo9064 na prawde niedawno w Polscs ktęcą finm o Ojcy Kolbe. Jako statysta uczestniczylem w scenach kiedy bydlęce wagony przyjechały do Oświęcimia. Bylo to kręcone w Modlinie pod Warszawą. Mam nawet filmiki nagrane prywatnym telefinem ale nie moge publicznie tego wstawic do internetu. Inaczej prywatnie
The true church, the church founded by Jesus Christ, not Martin, John Calvin, or Henry viii. The true church since it teaches eternal truth
This was AMAZING!!!!! I hope you guys tell more of these heroes' stories
Kolbe could only do this because He loved Jesus and knew about judgement and live eternal.
Father Kolbe is in Heaven....the Commander...in Hell....now...
You got that right.
We don't know that. But as catholics I think that we should have the hope that everyoke who sinned had the chance of repend ando convert to God. Maybe in heaven we will meet with that commander and we all will be able to talk about our own convertion
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Repent? I have read of mystical people that Hitler is in hell.Besides, I really don't weigh that Hitler ever repented.Besides, he also committed suicide.
Wrecked by illness and dying ,but what a GIANT ,what a LION incredible SAINT
This brought tears to my eyes !
The fact that the guard felt bad for the inmates in the room broke my heart
...and this guard did nothing. that is why evil still exists and strikes
@@sergeydenisov15 Give it a rest, it's a made up story.
He was a coward and his father was the devil. If he had any of God's love in him he would have helped his fellow men.
@@sassycat6487How about you then? Don't tell me there haven't been situations where you didn't do anything to help someone. Are you the 'child of the devil'? No. There is no such thing. People do or don't do thing when they're afraid at the mercy of cruel people. But that's what makes them terrifying. They're people. Not monsters, not 'children of the devil', people.
for a moment I thought he would save them, but then I said no.
made me cry god bless him
Father Maksymilian is a great example of sacrificing his life for others ❤
In the most horrible of circumstances, in a Nazi concentration camp.
In Nomine Patris Et Filii Et spiritu sanctu amen
Amen 🙏
Padre Kolbe,un grande! Che Dio ti abbia in Gloria
this man saved by Kolbe lived after the war in Brzeg, Poland, in my hometown
Boy, must he have had a tale to tell.
I saw beautiful painting of Max Kolbe in the church
St Stanislaus in Poznan. I now have this photo on a large canvas on my mantle piece at my home.
We are ALL brothers and sisters from each other. We are All Equal to each other. Kolbe, Knew he woul'd be protected by god our creator, source of anyone, anything and everything and he knew he would be picked up and brought home by god. He had total trust on our creator. An act of a very old soul. What Maximilian Kolbe did was an True act of Love for a brother. In this era we need more of these souls to save the world from hate. I thank him for his act but also realize there were many of these during the war.
Gu6z
The term 'old soul' is more of a term for Hindus and Buddhists, because Catholics as Christians believe humans only have one life, whereas Hindus and Buddhists believe that humans and animals keep progressing in different lives one after another as they are 'old souls'.
Our lord works in mysterious ways 4 all of us. Joseph
St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us.
Caro padre Kolbe Sarai sempre nel mio❤
I was crying during this, may father kolbe rest in peace 🙏
IT TAKES A HEART TO BE MOVED AND DO SOMETHING FOR THE SUFFERING.ONLY OUR LORD JESUS CAN GIVE US SUCH A HEART.I AM HAPPY TO STATE THAT I AM PROUD TO BE CALLED 'HIS'❤❤❤❤❤
God bless and thank you
This past year I have seen seen with my own eyes the camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the memorial outside for the priest (now Saint) Maximilian Maria Kolbe. May we all be forever vigilant that such times not come again soon upon us. Or upon you or those close to you.
Oops typo error ::: 500,000 souls in all...
Not by my word, but Word of Most High himself...I try to emulate St Max Kolbe, but I am only a pale shadow....St Max Kolbe name is etched in YAD VASHEM, the tree of righteousness in Jerusalem..
He is one of the heroes whose name spread thru the Jewish communities after news of his sacrifice spread like wildfire....blessed be the clients of St Max Kolbe !!!
Likewise in the Hamas-Israel war, many stories of heroes are emerging !!! Foreigners, Jews and Palestonians alike !!! Praise to God
😢 This is why we should never ever forget history ！
Niesamowite poświęcenie...
Powerful AF. Great Short.
I never knew about this hero Father Kolbe!
I remember when I was year 2 and my teacher Mrs Rowe told us this story about how when 1 escaped but 10 will pay, I haven't really thought much of this up until now that I am watching a video about it.
We have his light against the darkness, and his light is the light of God.
To live, to love and serve God he shows all of that.
This is real definition of Polish Power ❤
This is a real definition of a true Catholic.
I don’t know why I never knew about this story about this Catholic Priest 🥺 and I’ve been studying about the Holocaust and crimes against humanity, the Einsatzgruppen executions for decades since the early 90’s
The Cell in Auschwitz I where Father Kolbe died is still there and is considered a holy place. He actually survived longer than all of the other prisoners and was killed via lethal injection because it was taking too long. When I went there I had an opportunity to see where Saint Kolbe passed away.
@@tcofield1967 that’s truly amazing and just gut wrenching that you’ve gotten to visit Auschwitz I. Did you visit the entire camp ? I can’t wait to visit Poland and go visit Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, Plaszow camps and walk by Amon Goethe’s villa and visit Krakow, Warsaw hopefully in 2024
I have seen no evidence for this story actually taking place.
@@X50505 just the eye witness account of the man that said it happened
Fr Kolbe had a vision early on in his life where he was offered a choice between two life pathways. He chose martyrdom which foreshadowed his actual untimely death. What faith and courage.
Gracias. Thank you.
This is a beautiful film
He sacrificed himself for others. The Lord will surely reward him in abundance.
A truely remarkable human being.
St maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!
i´m not an expert, but correct me, if im wrong:
The right officer's cap is from the SS (skull), but he wears collar tabs from the Wehrmacht, to be precise from the infantry of this one. The shoulder pieces are also missing.
And all of this takes place in an occupied area, far behind the front, which is why there should be actually no panic and no confusion with the uniforms.
you do not have to be a catholic , to see that character is measured by the price ,...... of what we choose ... to hold on to ,......and what we sacrifice ,.......for the sake of love bless him . .
Great man from God......😇
This is the film that made me choose him as my patron saint being a former neo nazi i couldnt think of a better saint. I pray he lifts my prayers to Christ and continues me down the path ive gone down
Très beau film.
Il.etait saint et hero! Tout respect et glorie!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Though a very short movie it is extremely inspirational thank you very much for sharing this with us and enjoy your afternoon ☺️☺️
This story touched my heart
It’s a shame they made such a mess with the uniforms. They had guys wearing SS hats and Army uniforms 🤷♂️
I have been viewing lately many many TH-cam informational videos about Ww2 and the facts came out about the way The Third Reich ie Hitler and his ratpack near the end of the war pushed a lot of very young Hitler Youth into the War along with untrained what they regarded as useless men who were simply cannon fodder to keep the war going. All these people had little to no correct uniforms, just ragtag clothing.
L'umanità si macchio' dei peggiori crimini! Padre Kolbe! Un Martire! Per Amore di Cristo e della Santa Vergine Maria!
Gloire à Dieu et à notre Sainte Mère l'Eglise !
there are no such priests nowadays. Kolbe was one of the lasts
How would you know that?
How do you know?
Disagree. I know two saintly priests and that is just me!
Does anybody know whether this start and ended just like this or does it have more like a full 1-2 hours movie?
Tnx from Poland
막시밀리안 콜베 신부님으로 기업합니다.
어릴 때 신부님 전기를 감명깊게 읽었는데 그 이후 항상 신부님의 깊은 신앙심을 기억하려고 합니다.
Pray!
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man would lay down his life for his friends.
Great video.
I have a question. What this yellow armband means because I don't know 2:02.
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