What Catholic priest offered his life for a Jewish man in the Nazi death chambers?

Answer 1

It was a polish priest.

If I remember rightly, a spade went missing. The Nazi's decided that 10 random people should be put underground with no food to die.

In the selection, one Jewish man was chosen. He threw himself on the floor, saying that he had a family and please don't kill him.

Then, one Polish priest volunteered to die insted.

The Polish priest went down and kept the spirits high.

Eventually he was the only one left alive. They offered him drugs so he would die.

The priest decided that he will die the same as everyone else.

Eventually he died.

After the camps were liberated, the priest had a proper funeral.

The Jewish man who had lived insted was there.

There's the story. Hope it helped.

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The priest's name is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. (He was canonized in 1982). See the link for more information.

Answer 2

Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for a Jewish man as a prisoner escaped in the Concentration Camp and the Nazis said they would kill 10 prisoners for it. When the man was chosen, he screamed, "My wife, my children! I shall never see them again!" and Father Kolbe offered himself for the man.