He was born to a mining and deeply religious family in Chorzów. In 1926, he entered the seminary and then, on 30 October 1932, he was ordained as a priest. In 1935, he graduated with a degree of theology and was sent back to Chorzow, to be the head of the SVD mission house. When the war was about to begin, he find shelter and encouraged the youth about spirituality and selfless dedication to Christ. However, the Gestapo had invaded Poland and on 25 January 1940 he was arrested. On 1 February he was interned at Cell 60 in Fort VII (makeshift concentration camp) in Poznań. On the night of 20 February 1940 Mzyk was beaten and then dragged outside the fort, where he was shot in the head by Junior Officer Dibus. (Dibus would be later killed by a distant relative of Mzyk who joined with the Americans in attacking Berlin.) His body was never recovered and thought to be dumped in an unmarked mass grave.
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Divine Word Missionaries History and Tradition, Blessed Fr. Ludwik Mzyk SVD
January 15, 2023
ludwik, mzyk, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ludwik Mzyk news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ludwik Mzyk 22 April 1905 20 February 1940 a priest of the Society of the Divine Word SVD and one of the 108 Blessed Polish Martyrs beatified on 13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II in Warsaw Poland BlessedLudwik MzykS V D Born 1905 04 22 22 April 1905Chorzow PolandDied20 February 1940 1940 02 20 aged 34 Fort VII KL Posen Poznan PolandVenerated inRoman Catholic ChurchBeatified13 June 1999 Poland by Pope John Paul IIFeastFebruary 23Life EditHe was born to a mining and deeply religious family in Chorzow In 1926 he entered the seminary and then on 30 October 1932 he was ordained as a priest In 1935 he graduated with a degree of theology and was sent back to Chorzow to be the head of the SVD mission house When the war was about to begin he find shelter and encouraged the youth about spirituality and selfless dedication to Christ However the Gestapo had invaded Poland and on 25 January 1940 he was arrested On 1 February he was interned at Cell 60 in Fort VII makeshift concentration camp in Poznan On the night of 20 February 1940 Mzyk was beaten and then dragged outside the fort where he was shot in the head by Junior Officer Dibus Dibus would be later killed by a distant relative of Mzyk who joined with the Americans in attacking Berlin His body was never recovered and thought to be dumped in an unmarked mass grave References EditDivine Word Missionaries History and Tradition Blessed Fr Ludwik Mzyk SVD Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ludwik Mzyk amp oldid 1096680378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
