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Based on first-hand information. Here is the first English biography for middle graders on Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan who, at Auschwitz, offered himself in exchange for the life of a man with two children. The biography covers Kolbe's early life, his work as a journalist, and his founding of Niepokalanow, the world's largest friary. Kolbe's act of love and faith teaches young readers important lessons that Christianity means more than just going to church, that the Holocaust actually happened, and that saints can be as real and modern as the person standing next to you in line. For first-hand research, the author traveled to Poland to visit where Kolbe lived and to interview people who actually knew him, including his cousin, his secretary, and one of his students. In addition, the foreword is by Ted Wojtkowski, a fellow camp prisoner and now a well-known Polish American who was standing close to Kolbe when he made his offer of self-sacrifice. Kolbe's story is ideal for children of Polish descent, parochial schools, parish libraries, classes in cultural diversity, and classes on World War II or the Holocaust. And, while written simply enough for children, this book will move all readers showing just how much the human spirit can achieve. †

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Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish friar who founded the Militia of the Immaculate and two monasteries, and who wrote and published periodicals and newspapers. Kolbe became a political prisoner in Auschwitz in 1941. He offered his life in place of another man condemned to death, and in so doing became a martyr to the truth -- the truth about religion, and about the twin evils of those despicable political systems, Nazism and Communism. Maximilian Kolbe: Saint Of Auschwitz is the story of a most remarkable man, a life that teaches us all about sanctity, perseverance, self-sacrifice, and Christian love. This is an heroic story of a humble man. --Midwest Book Review

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Elaine Murray Stone is the award-winning author of a number of books for Paulist Press: Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz; Mother Teresa: A Life of Love: C.S. Lewis: Creator of Narnia, and Tekla and the Lion.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Paulist Press; First Edition (January 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0809166372
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0809166374
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches

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Barbara McKay
Maximilian: Saint of Our Time
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2014
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I bought this book to read first and then give to my 8 year old grandson for his namesake's feast day, Aug. 14. I have not given the book to him yet, but intend to. I think the book will be easy enough for him to read, yet not too simple. He will be interested in reading about the saint whose name he bears.The author keeps the story interesting for a young reader by giving stories from Maximilian's life as a child first, and later as a priest. It tells about the family's living conditions and the privilege it was to be able to go to school--things that are often taken for granted, or wasted now. I think this book will give him a deep appreciation not only for the sacrifice St. Maximilian Kolbe made in giving his life for a man he did not know, but in the sacrifices that preceded this biggest sacrifice.

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Maximilian Kolbe: Saint of Auschwitz
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2013
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Really loved Maximilian Kolbe. I already knew a little about the saint but this book was wonderful in telling the whole story. Very, very sad but also inspiring.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about people who give their life completely to God as it can do nothing but inspire us to grow stronger in our faith.. People of our time need to know the sacrifices made by ordinary people from past history. How can we not become more selfless after reading such stories!

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Karina Fabian
Great book for any age
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2013
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Love, love, love this book. I bought it when I was researching Kolbe, not only because it has first person accounts, but it was written for young adults/middle grade readers, so I figured I'd get a quick overview of the life of the saint. Fuggedaboutit! Stone easily matches any adult level biography for information and outshines most for writing skill. Highly recommended for religious education teachers or for anyone wanting to know more about this remarkable man.

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Theresa Cheong
well written
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Excellent and well written biography of st maximiliam. Easy reading and informative

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe
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The Saint of Auchwitz. Never to be forgotten. We need more Maximilian Kolbes to lay down their life for others.

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Romanos
A great overview and introduction
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I knew I loved this priest based on some of what I had heard, however this opened my eyes to more of what he'd actually done. This is a general life overview. Written by someone who is clearly a devotee, it is still a good and short read, a great introduction to Fr. Kolbe.

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Excellent inspirational story of a Saint
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This book was used but looks just like a new copy. Excellent service and product is exceptional! I would order from this seller again.

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Good brief history of St. Maximilian Kolbe and his origins and deeds.
Enjoyed it greatly and completely read it during train ride from Warsaw to Berlin.

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Hans G. Schulte-albert
Maximilian Kolbe - an enigma of the 20th century!
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This book takes you thru the entire life of St. Maximilian. It's good reading for any age. Here was a man who stood for something - or rather someone: Jesus Christ. When Hitler was persecuting the Jews - Maximilian was busy spreading devotion to our little Hebrew mother: Mary! The pictures are fantastic and though I've read many other good books - Fr. Kolbe's life is a beautiful poem of how we can change the world for the better by respecting each man's dignity. In a time when the very meaning of 'family' and 'marriage' have been perverted - he stood tall for what really matters: the love of Jesus. As abortion and euthanasia are becoming common place: St. Max shows, by his very noble death: that each man has dignity.

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A man who lived his life for God and others!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2011
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I first heard of Saint Maximilian Kolbe when I read about him, his life and his offering his life in place of another in Auschwitz in a book entitled "Candles in the Dark - Six Modern Martyrs" by Mary Craig.This book has now been revised,retitled "Seven" to include Fr.Jerzy Popielusszko.
Getting back to Maximilian Kolbe:Saint of Auschwitz, this book concentrates on the one man and explains in quite detailed form what he did from his birth to his death and shows what an extremely humble person he was, how dedicated to the Church he was and that nothing on this earth was EVER going to make him break any of his vows and if death was what he had to face then he would face it without fear.
From reading the other review I feel the reviewer MAY be too young an age (from her comments) to have realised exactly WHAT the NAZI's DID and WHO they HAD in their Concentration Camps BUT it is safe to say that ALL the people she has mentioned plus those with medical abnormalities,anyone mentally unsound,priests,what were THEN classed as "mental-defectives",teachers,professional classes,virtually anyone was likely to be scooped-up and thrown in the camps never to be seen again or shot on the spot if they protested.
Kolbe did everything in HIS power up until HIS ARREST to save any and ALL these people at great and ever increasing risk to his OWN LIFE and he knew it!
This is a very good book about a wonderful,special person.

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Informative. Easy read.

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Sean
How a Christian dies
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I cannot think of any modern day saint with a story as heroic and awe-inspiring as that of St MMK, or one who died a death as glorious,as attested by eyewitnesses from the death camps. The showdown between the him and the German commandante makes the gunfight at the OK Corral appear like child's play in comparison. And Doc Holiday was a long time TB sufferer as well! The writing style is simple and honest and spares us any great literary flourishes, the author realising,and wisely,that some stories just tell themselves. The narratives are presented in very clear and stark language and the triumph of the writing is in the economy of words. There is the unstated acknowledgement that the true magnitude of the suffering of the holocaust cannot never be described in words. I lived the large part of my life in India, but only when I came to the UK could I fully fathom what suffering in the cold must be like. I think it was Viktor Frankl (Do read his Book, 'Man's Search for Meaning', related that there were icicles hanging from the roof of their bunker. Definitely no heating, then!). As you read the narrative you will have vivid flashes of Christ on the road to Calvary "like a Lamb to the slaughter". Thanks to the love, human dignity and sheer spiritual force of the physicallly ailing Fr. Kolbe throughout the narrative, you will experience frist hand the exhilarating transcendent power of Love. One feels as if Fr Kolbe has already transcended this world, but not only that, he is also smiling at us lovingly and urging us to join him, indeed one feels that one has transcended with him, and having got there, one does not want to ever worry again. As Fr Kolbe preached shortly before his imminent arrest "...in short, we are invincible". Do not go through life without reading this book if you can help it. This is how we do it! And stop quarreling with your mothers-in-law! God bless.

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Interesting account of a latter day saint
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2016
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I have always enjoyed true stories about the second world war and in particular the atrocities that were encountered in the death camps. Obviously the most infamous of these was Auschwitz, but I never realised that there was a man who was later proclaimed a Saint that perished at the camp.

Maximilian Kolbe was born in late 19th Century Poland and started off life a fairly unruly child who would often need ‘correcting’ by his parents. However, one day he has a vision of the Virgin Mary:

“That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.”

This totally changes his life and the young Kolbe settles into his studies and eventually enters into the Franciscan friar hood, here he really begins to excel and decided to help spread his word of God via the media of newspaper and radio. Unsatisfied with just working in his local area he even started a Franciscan Order in Japan, but with the inevitable outbreak of the Second World War, and many bouts of ill health he is forced back to Poland. During those dangerous times it was only a matter of time before he was noticed by the Nazi’s and eventually became imprisoned in Auschwitz. Here he finally fulfilled his calling as a martyr and chose to replace a prisoner condemned to death by starving in a locked basement. I am a far from religious person, but when you read of people like Kolbe who made the ultimate sacrifice it has to make you stop and think twice.

Remove the overly religious connotations and you are left with a book that is a well written, if somewhat brief overview of a man who lived and died in a remarkable way. As with most of these books, they are handy for someone like me, who wants to learn a little about a lot.
My only negative is that no matter what Kolbe may have failed at (and he did fail at a few things) these are very much glossed over. I know the book was written as part of a religious series but the author gave a very one sided approach to his deeds, I would have liked a far more rounded approach to the man and his life.

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