Author Topic: Catholic priests murdered in the gas chambers of Dachau (Read 1721 times)

Klaus · « **on:** May 23, 2012, 09:07:24 PM »

If you have not seen the award-winning "", a 30-minute docuмentary about priests murdered in the gas chambers of Dachau, it's well worth your time.

More than 2,000 priests, including 5 bishops, were killed. From the video description:

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Kazimierz Majdanski, now archbishop emeritus of Warsaw, was arrested Nov. 7, 1939, by the nαzιs, when he was in the seminary of Wloclawek. He was arrested with other students and professors, and taken first to Sachsenhausen cσncєnтrαтισn cαмρ and later to Dachau. In Dachau, he was subjected to pseudoscientific criminal experiments.

Archbishop Majdanski: "Half of the Polish priests died who were imprisoned in Dachau. I saw so many priests die in a heroic way. All of them were faithful to Christ who said to his disciples: 'You will be my witnesses.' They died as Catholic priests and Polish patriots. Some of them could have saved themselves, but none of them lowered themselves to such pacts. In 1942 the authorities of the camp offered Polish priests the possibility of special treatment, on the condition of declaring that they belonged to the German nation. No one came forward. When Fr Dominik JedrzeJєωski was offered his freedom on the condition that he give up his priestly functions, he calmly answered 'no,' and died. The martyrdom of the Polish clergy during the nαzι inferno was a glorious page of the history of the Church and of Poland. It is too bad that it has been covered by a veil of silence."

A sobering reminder - as if one were needed - that National Socialism was and is an enemy of the true religion.

savethemales · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2012, 03:43:38 AM »

Furthermore the priests were not killed for being priests. They were killed for being Polish Nationalists and for hiding Jєωs.

Klaus · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2012, 03:52:12 AM »

MeganProFide · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2012, 02:09:29 AM »

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Drop the hand, let's see your earlocks and hooked nose.

Klaus · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2012, 02:49:15 AM »

What Pope Pius XI neglected to mention is that, as well as being hateful, αnтι-ѕємιтєs are often profoundly stupid.

Traditional Guy 20 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:17:18 AM »

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What Pope Pius XI neglected to mention is that, as well as being hateful, αnтι-ѕємιтєs are often profoundly stupid.

And philo-Semites are the dumbest of all...

Klaus I have a number of questions for you.

Who do you think controls Hollywood?

Who do you think supports ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity in the mainstream?

Who do you think supports a bunch of weakling males?

Who do you think supports feminism?

Who do you think supports Marxism and capitalism?

brainglitch · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2012, 08:22:19 AM »

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Furthermore the priests were not killed for being priests. They were killed for being Polish Nationalists and for hiding Jєωs.

And what is wrong with that?

alaric · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2012, 12:58:24 PM »

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What Pope Pius XI neglected to mention is that, as well as being hateful, αnтι-ѕємιтєs are often profoundly stupid.

Yea, sure he did, now you know the unwritten thoughts of a Roman Pontiff.

Your psycho-analytical abilities are amazing Klutz.

Of course I'm sure while you're praising Pius XI as a saint your type proceed to go on and call Pius XII "Hitler's Pope". :rolleyes:

alaric · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2012, 01:00:44 PM »

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Furthermore the priests were not killed for being priests. They were killed for being Polish Nationalists and for hiding Jєωs.

And what is wrong with that?

I agree, Polish Nationalists should be left alone.

As long as they stay in Poland and do not attempt to subvert within other nations.

savethemales · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2012, 03:14:13 PM »

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Furthermore the priests were not killed for being priests. They were killed for being Polish Nationalists and for hiding Jєωs.

And what is wrong with that?
I agree, Polish Nationalists should be left alone.

As long as they stay in Poland and do not attempt to subvert within other nations.

I agree there is nothing wrong with being a Polish Nationalist (if you are a Pole). However as a priest you can not involve yourself in the Polish war effort or engage in secular political-nationalist polemics and expect not to become a political prisoner if you are caught by the invading country (in this case Germany). If you involve yourself in these things, then becoming a prisoner should be no surprise. It "comes with the territory". Though it is interesting that there was no problem with the priests in France, Belgium, or Luxembourg when under German control. If people were being killed simply for being priests then there should have been persecutions here too, but there weren't any.

As for hiding Jєωs that is a huge problem and the main reason why Poles were persecuted so badly by the Germans. Hundreds of monasteries and churches kept Jєωs in them and tried to protect them. Remember that they knew nothing about "gas chambers" either. All they knew was that pestilent Jєωs were going to be deported to detention camps. This is not any worse than when popes deported Jєωs to the ghettos, or when the Holy Isabelle de Espana expelled the Jєωs from the whole country of Spain. They knew nothing about gas chambers, so they knew the Jєωs would not be killed, but they still tried to protect them merely from deportation because they lost sight of how evil the Jєωs were. Poles and Jєωs lived together for centuries and grew very close to each other much like Jєωs in the USA. To the Poles the Jєωs were just innocent friends who deserve liberty.

The priests and religieuse in Poland also falsified thousands of baptism certificates for Jєωs and that was also a problem. The Poles essentially allowed thousands of Jєωs to infiltrate the Catholic Church and pretend to be Christians merely to avoid being deported. This is a main reason why so many priests were sent to camps and were killed (intentionally or unintentionally).

In closing the priests of Poland could be considered Polish Martyrs, or Martyrs of the Polish Nation. But as a Pole I would be ashamed to call any priest who helped Jєωs a Martyr for Poland. They are really Martyrs for the Jєωιѕн cause. They are definitely not Martyrs for the Catholic Religion.

Traditional Guy 20 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 25, 2012, 03:59:46 PM »

Of course everyone has forgotten the most important thing of all: Hitler never wanted a war with Poland, but an alliance with Poland. He was willing to offer them compensatory territory in exchange for the return of Danzig. It was the British-French war guarentee that lead directly to World War II, since Poland immediately balked at any agreement with Hitler after Britain and France gave their ultimatum, confident that Britain would save them.