{"id":77175,"date":"2026-03-01T02:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=77175"},"modified":"2026-03-01T02:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:44:58","slug":"father-adam-sztark-the-polish-jesuit-who-died-saving-jewish-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/father-adam-sztark-the-polish-jesuit-who-died-saving-jewish-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Padre Adam Sztark: Il gesuita polacco che mor\u00ec salvando bambini ebrei"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a place more synonymous with depravity than probably any other corner of the earth, was marked in January.Amid the horrors of World War II, there were sunbeams of Christian heroism.One few have heard of is the Polish Jesuit martyr Father Adam Sztark (1907\u20131942), who used his wits and mastery of disguise to perform spiritual and corporal acts of mercy despite the persistent threat of death.On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II broke\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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