Filip Mazurczak, Catholic Review/OSV
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Stanislawa Leszczynska, a Polish midwife imprisoned at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, delivered 3,000 babies of different nationalities and treated them and their mothers with heroic humanity. “Everyone has heard of Josef Mengele, but few know of Stanislawa Leszczynska. Even in Poland she’s not as well-known as she should be,” says Maria Stachurska, Leszczynska’s grand-niece. The cause for her sainthood is underway.
The Catholic midwife who delivered 3,000 babies at Auschwitz
Filip Mazurczak, Catholic Review/OSV
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Stanislawa Leszczynska, a Polish midwife imprisoned at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, delivered 3,000 babies of different nationalities and treated them and their mothers with heroic humanity. “Everyone has heard of Josef Mengele, but few know of Stanislawa Leszczynska. Even in Poland she’s not as well-known as she should be,” says Maria Stachurska, Leszczynska’s grand-niece. The cause for her sainthood is underway.