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Aleksy Sobaszek

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Aleksy Sobaszek
Sepia-toned portrait photograph of Aleksy Sobaszek, a young man with dark hair, wearing a clerical collar and dark jacket, looking directly at the camera
Photograph of Sobaszek circa 1935
Born August 17, 1895
Groß Pschygodschitz, Province of Posen, German Empire
Died August 1, 1942
Dachau concentration camp, Dachau, Germany
Beatified June 13, 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Feast June 12

Aleksy Sobaszek (1895–1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He died in a Nazi concentration camp. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.[1][2]

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