January 13th

Blessed Emil Szramek

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Dachau, Germany · d. 1942

In the detention camp of Dachau near Munich in Bavaria in Germany, Blessed Emil Szramek, priest and martyr, who, a Pole by birth, in the storm of war was inhumanely deported to this camp for the faith of Christ which he had defended before his persecutors, and, tortured with torments, gave up his life.

Latin Original

Intra castra detentiónis Dacháni prope Monáchium Baváriz in Germánia, beáti /Emílii Szramek, presbyteri et mártyris, qui, polónus natióne, in tempestáte belli hunc in campum inhumáne ob Christi fidem coram persecutóribus defénsam deportátus est et torméntis excruciátus occübuit.