Saint Maximillian Kolbe

A Hero of the Holocaust

Maximilian Kolbe’s decision to take the place of a condemned man in Auschwitz and die by starvation is one of the greatest stories of heroism to emerge from the Holocaust. This book, the 34th in the Vision series, brings to life for a younger audience the incredible story of a Polish weaver’s son who grew up to be a priest, theologian, publisher, missionary, and martyr. Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 15 years.