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Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish priest who volunteered to die in the place of another Auschwitz prisoner. (Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)
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Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish priest who volunteered to die in the place of another Auschwitz prisoner. (Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)
Laski Diffusion/Getty Images