KOLBE AND THE KOMMANDANTKolbe and the Kommandant Two Worlds in Collision A dual biography of Maximilian Maria Kolbe, O. F. M. Conv. and Rudolph Franz Hoess, Kommandant Auschwitz Concentration Camp Oswiecim, Poland It focuses on the years between 1894 and 1982. As a dual biography of a great saint and of one of the greatest criminals to ever scourge mankind during World War II, this accomplishes what separate biographies of the two men could only suggest. It shows the

and see more clearly the motivations of his heroic life and work

"His deep personal relationship with the Immaculate Virgin Mary colors and enflames nearly every page

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and martyrdom in the historical and cultural context in which he lived

revealing the extraordinary virtues of this "prophet of the civilization of love" (Pope John Paul II)

The set of Writings has a sewn binding and has a total of 2557 pages

He was renowned as a lecturer and preacher on the life

is the most comprehensive and authentic

The conferences which follow are transcriptions made by the friars in attendance

Maximilian Kolbe's heroic martyrdom at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz is world renowned

Maximilian Kolbe is also holding the white crown of purity and the red crown of martyrdom that he chose to take from Mary when she appeared to him when he was a child

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