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 (1907–1942), 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…

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