Edward Kaźmierski (1 October 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter. He was born in Poznan. He was one of the "Poznań Five", who were guillotined in a prison in Dresden for their spiritual work and resistance against the Nazi occupation.[1][2][3] He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.[4]

Eduard Kaźmierski
Memorial in Dresden, 2012

Bibliography

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  • Marian Orłoń, Wierni do końca, Łódź Wydawnictwo Salezjańskie: nakł. Salezjańskiej Inspektorii św. Stanisława Kostki, 1984
  • Polska edycja Il Bollettino Salesiano - Magazyn Salezjański Don Bosco nr 7-8/2002

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References

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  1. ^ Huener, Jonathan (2021-02-16). The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation: The Reichsgau Wartheland, 1939-1945. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-05403-6.
  2. ^ Pateman, Colin (2017-05-17). Beheaded by Hitler: Cruelty of the Nazis, Judicial Terror and Civilian Executions 1933-1945. Fonthill Media.
  3. ^ Jagoe, Armiger (2013-08-06). A Layman's Chronology of Mary. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4917-0100-3.
  4. ^ Goldhammer, Herbert (2002). Dresdner Gedenkorte für die Opfer des NS-Regimes: eine Dokumentation (in German). DDP Goldenbogen. ISBN 978-3-932434-18-1.