The Marian Martyrs of Rosica

25 History of the Process melite who voluntarily sacrificed himself in the camp at Dachau to take care of those dying from typhoid fever in an isolated barracks. He died among them from the disease. • BROTHER JOSEPH ZAPLATA (1904-1945). From the Congregation of Brothers of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus who, like Father Hilary, was determined to care for those dying of typhoid, wholly intent on giving his life to God in order to obtain the grace of the return to the Fatherland for Cardinal Hlond. • SISTER MARIA TERESA KOWALSKA (1902-1941). A Clare and Capuchin Sister, who offered her life to God to obtain the grace of freedom for Clare Sisters detained with her in the camp at Dzialdowo. • SISTER CELESTE FARON (1913-1944). A Sister from Starawies, who offered her life for the conversion of an erring priest; her sacrifice was accomplished in the death camp at Auschwitz. • BROTHER GREGORY FRACKOWIAK (1911-1943). A Verbist religious, who undertook to save the lives of a group of laypeople arrested for distribution of patriotic leaflets. He took responsibility for their actions and was executed after long torture in Dresden. • REV. HENRY HLEBOWICZ (1904-1941). A professor at Vilnius University and a charismatic shepherd of the acade- mic community, who offered his life to obtain from God the protection of faith for his students. He was shot and killed in Borysowo. • MARIANNA BIERNACKA, who was described above. The next group were those who, while they could have saved their own lives, accepted the peril of death in the spirit of heroic love in order to remain faithful to their vocation. This applies to: