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St Sigismund parish
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland

XX century (1914 – 1989)

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surname

WOJTACKI

forename(s)

Louis (pl. Alojzy)

religious forename(s)

Hyginus (pl. Hygin)

  • WOJTACKI Louis (Bro. Hyginus) - Grave/cenotaph, Congregation’s grave, Nowofarny cemetery, Bydgoszcz, source: duchacze.pl, own collection; CLICK TO ZOOM AND DISPLAY INFOWOJTACKI Louis (Bro. Hyginus)
    Grave/cenotaph, Congregation’s grave, Nowofarny cemetery, Bydgoszcz
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function

laybrother

creed

Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
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[access: 2014.09.21]

congregation

Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary CSSpmore on
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[access: 2013.05.19]

(i.e. Holy Ghost Fathers)

diocese / province

Polish Vice-province CSSp

date and place
of death

15.01.1945

k. Berlinatoday: Brandenburg state, Germany
more on
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[access: 2020.07.31]

alt. dates and places
of death

04—05.1945

details of death

After the German invasion of Poland on 01.09.1939 (the Russians attacked Poland 17 days later) and the start of World War II, left Bydgoszcz (with his Provincial.

Fr Caesar Tomaszewski, among others) and went with thousands of refugees towards Włocławek.

There, the front and the advancing Germans caught up with them — during the fighting the horses of the wagon on which they were escaping were killed.

So returned to Bydgoszcz, which was already occupied by the Germans.

The Congregation's house had already been taken over and robbed by the Germans, the same fate fell on Chełmszczonka house, so started working for a German farmer n. Bydgoszcz.

At the beginning of 1945, due to the approach of the Russians — from 12.01.1945, the so‑called Russian the winter offensive of 1945 (or more precisely, its first stage, known‑as the Vistula–Oder Offensive), which as a result led to the defeat of Germany and the end of World War II, forced by the Germans to drive his master's cart during escape before advancing Russians.

His last letter is dated 15.01.194 — and Bydgoszcz was captured by the Russians on 24‑27.01.1945.

Probably perished near Berlin.

alt. details of death

According to other source in the autumn of 1944 forced by the Germans to work on ditches' construction — prior to expected Russian attack.

Fate thereafter unknown.

cause of death

warfare

perpetrators

Germans

date and place
of birth

16.08.1899

(f. Elbląg county territory)today: Poland
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religious vows

09.08.1927 (temporary)
08.09.1930 (permanent)

positions held

1937 – 1939

friar — Chełmszczonkatoday: part of Włóki village, Dobrcz gm., Bydgoszcz pov., Kuyavia–Pomerania voiv., Poland
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⋄ Congregation's house, Spiritans CSSp — Congregation's farm worker

1927 – 1937

friar — Bydgoszcztoday: Bydgoszcz city pov., Kuyavia–Pomerania voiv., Poland
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⋄ Congregation's house, Spiritans CSSp — house garderner

08.09.1926 – 09.08.1927

novitiate — Chevillytoday: Chevilly–Larue, L'Haÿ–les–Roses arr., Val–de–Marne dep., Île–de–France reg., France
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⋄ Congregation's house, Spiritans CSSp

1924 – 1925

postulate — Dębowa Łąkatoday: Dębowa Łąka gm., Wąbrzeźno pov., Kuyavia–Pomerania voiv., Poland
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⋄ Minor Seminary (gymnasium), Spiritans CSSp — prob.

01.12.1924

accession — Spiritans CSSp

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TOMASZEWSKIClick to display biography Caesar

murder sites
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Slave labour in Germany: During World War II Germans forced c. 15 million people to do a slave forced labour in Germany and in the territories occupied by Germany. In General Governorate the obligation to work included Poles from 14 to 60 years old. On the Polish territories occupied and incorporated into Germany proper obligation was forced upon children as young as 12 years old — for instance in Warthegau (Eng. Greater Poland). (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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Ribbentrop-Molotov: Genocidal Russian–German alliance pact between Russian leader Joseph Stalin and German leader Adolf Hitler signed on 23.08.1939 in Moscow by respective foreign ministers, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov for Russia and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany. The pact sanctioned and was the direct cause of joint Russian and German invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. In a political sense, the pact was an attempt to restore the status quo ante before 1914, with one exception, namely the „commercial” exchange of the so–called „Kingdom of Poland”, which in 1914 was part of the Russian Empire, fore Eastern Galicia (today's western Ukraine), in 1914 belonging to the Austro–Hungarian Empire. Galicia, including Lviv, was to be taken over by the Russians, the „Kingdom of Poland” — under the name of the General Governorate — Germany. The resultant „war was one of the greatest calamities and dramas of humanity in history, for two atheistic and anti–Christian ideologies — national and international socialism — rejected God and His fifth Decalogue commandment: Thou shall not kill!” (Abp Stanislaus Gądecki, 01.09.2019). The decisions taken — backed up by the betrayal of the formal allies of Poland, France and Germany, which on 12.09.1939, at a joint conference in Abbeville, decided not to provide aid to attacked Poland and not to take military action against Germany (a clear breach of treaty obligations with Poland) — were on 28.09.1939 slightly altered and made more precise when a treaty on „German–Russian boundaries and friendship” was agreed by the same murderous signatories. One of its findings was establishment of spheres of influence in Central and Eastern Europe and in consequence IV partition of Poland. In one of its secret annexes agreed, that: „the Signatories will not tolerate on its respective territories any Polish propaganda that affects the territory of the other Side. On their respective territories they will suppress all such propaganda and inform each other of the measures taken to accomplish it”. The agreements resulted in a series of meeting between two genocidal organization representing both sides — German Gestapo and Russian NKVD when coordination of efforts to exterminate Polish intelligentsia and Polish leading classes (in Germany called «Intelligenzaktion», in Russia took the form of Katyń massacres) where discussed. Resulted in deaths of hundreds of thousands of Polish intelligentsia, including thousands of priests presented here, and tens of millions of ordinary people,. The results of this Russian–German pact lasted till 1989 and are still in evidence even today. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
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Pius XI's encyclicals: Facing the creation of two totalitarian systems in Europe, which seemed to compete with each other, though there were more similarities than contradictions between them, Pope Pius XI issued in 03.1937 (within 5 days) two encyclicals. In the „Mit brennender Sorge” (Eng. „With Burning Concern”) published on 14.03.1938, condemned the national socialism prevailing in Germany. The Pope wrote: „Whoever, following the old Germanic–pre–Christian beliefs, puts various impersonal fate in the place of a personal God, denies the wisdom of God and Providence […], whoever exalts earthly values: race or nation, or state, or state system, representatives of state power or other fundamental values of human society, […] and makes them the highest standard of all values, including religious ones, and idolizes them, this one […] is far from true faith in God and from a worldview corresponding to such faith”. On 19.03.1937, published „Divini Redemptoris” (Eng. „Divine Redeemer”), in which criticized Russian communism, dialectical materialism and the class struggle theory. The Pope wrote: „Communism deprives man of freedom, and therefore the spiritual basis of all life norms. It deprives the human person of all his dignity and any moral support with which he could resist the onslaught of blind passions […] This is the new gospel that Bolshevik and godless communism preaches as a message of salvation and redemption of humanity”… Pius XI demanded that the established human law be subjected to the natural law of God , recommended the implementation of the ideal of a Christian state and society, and called on Catholics to resist. Two years later, National Socialist Germany and Communist Russia came together and started World War II. (more on: www.vatican.vaClick to attempt to display webpage
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sources

personal:
www.duchacze.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2012.12.28]
, www.straty.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2019.04.16]

bibliographical:
A martyrology of Polish clergy under German occupation, 1939‑1945”, Fr Szołdrski Vladislaus CSSR, Rome 1965
original images:
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[access: 2020.07.31]

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