Martyrologium polskiego duchowieństwa z Zaolzia podczas II wojny światowej

Abstract

In Martyrology of Polish clergy under German occupation in the years 1939-1945, in the part devoted to the Diocese of Katowice, a group of priests from Zaolzie can be found. The reason for this lies in the fact that in 1938 a fragment of lands beyond the Olza River became a part of the D iocese of K atowice. During the Second World War this territory was marked by severe repressions of Polish Catholic clergy. Many priests were put in concentration camps and prisons; a few of them were murdered; still others died after the release as a result of hard prison experiences. It was their admitting the Polish identity and faithful standing by the Church that condemned them to prison or concentration camps. The list of clergy from Zaolzie is supplemented with a register of the Polish priests persecuted by Germans in the years 1939- 1945.