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Edward Klinik

Edward Klinik

1919–1942

Nationality
Poland
Occupation
resistance fighter

Edward Klinik (21 July 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter.

Incarceration history

  1. Wronki Prison
    Dates unknown
  2. Fort VII concentration camp
    Dates unknown

Biography

Edward Klinik (21 July 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter. One of the Poznań Five (Poznańska Piątka), he was guillotined in a prison in Dresden for his resistance work. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1999.

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