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April 24, 2015

Polish church recalls clergy martyrs 70 years after Dachau liberation

An image of Father Alois Andritzki hangs above the altar during his Mass of beatification in Dresden, Germany, June 13, 2011. The young German priest was executed in 1943 at the Nazi death camp of Dachau. In his sermon, Bishop Joachim Reinelt of Dresden-Meisse n praised Blessed Andritzki, saying he had shown a "bright face" while enduring the "most awful beastly work" at the concentration camp. (

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's Catholic Church has urged a fitting tribute to hundreds of its priests who died during World War II at the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany.

Published in International