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Father Kolbe, Fool of Love (Volunteered to Die in the Place of Another, Auschwitz, 1941) single work   poetry   "He waits to meet his lover,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Father Kolbe, Fool of Love (Volunteered to Die in the Place of Another, Auschwitz, 1941)
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Quadrant vol. 39 no. 3 March 1995 Z589665 1995 periodical issue 1995 pg. 16
Alternative title: Father Kolbe, Fool of Love
First line of verse: "Ten men are locked in a room,"
Alternative title: Father Kolbe
First line of verse: "First he learns"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Luminous Bodies James Charlton , Dynnyrne : Montpelier Press , 2002 Z945015 2002 selected work poetry Dynnyrne : Montpelier Press , 2002 pg. 49-50
    Note: Author note: Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in the place of Franciszek Gajowniczek, who survived Auschwitz, was reunited with his wife, and died in his native Poland in 1995, aged 93. He did not again see their two children, both of whom died under bombardment in Poland in January 1945 (p. 70-71).
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Write Stuff Showcase of Tasmanian Poetry vol. 7 2003 Z1034889 2003 periodical issue 2003
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