Maximilian Kolbe by Jean-Francois Vivier

Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz
By Jean-Francois Vivier

This unique comic book style graphic novel will introduce young readers to the powerful true story of Father Kolbe. It is the year 1941, July in Auschwitz concentration camp, Nazi Germany. A man is sentenced to die by starvation and his pleas to think of his family are ignored. Until one man, a Catholic priest named Maximilian, steps forward and says, "Let me take this man's place." This is his story. From the newsletter he started, "Knight of the Immaculata" to his last days.

Softcover, 52 pages