Father Józef Piekieliński (Piekielny) (1897–1942), victim of the concentration camp in Dachau Cover Image

Ksiądz Józef Piekieliński (Piekielny) (1897-1942), ofiara obozu koncentracyjnego w Dachau
Father Józef Piekieliński (Piekielny) (1897–1942), victim of the concentration camp in Dachau

Author(s): Piotr Szkutnik
Subject(s): History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Józef Piekieliński; the concentration camp in Dachau

Summary/Abstract: Father Józef Piekieliński was born in 1897 in Szadek, where his family lived. After finishing the Theological Seminary in Włocławek he worked as catechist and curate in a number of parishes in Kujawsko-Kaliska diocese, and then in Częstochowa diocese. In the period 1932–1941 he was the parish priest in Jaworzno near Wieluń. During massive arrests of Polish clergy by Germans in 1941he was imprisoned in the concentration camp in Dachau, where he died in 1942.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 41-59
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish