UTW 68

Ks. Hieronim Gintrowski, a Polish Roman Catholic priest executed by the Nazi occupation forces in the Gdansk forest near Bydgoszcz, November 1, 1939.

ks. Hieronim Gintrowski, a Roman Catholic Polish priest born 1878, Czempiń; executed by the Nazis, November 1,1939 near Bydgoszcz.

Drawing 2018 / rysunek 2018
Ink, gouache, colored pencil
Framed: 22 inches H x 24 W

ks. (father, pére) Hieronim Gintrowski CM, was a Polish Roman Catholic priest. He was born September 23, 1878 in Czempiń. He was shot by Nazi occupation military and police forces on November 1, 1939 in the Gdańsk forest near Bydgoszcz

/ ks.Hieronim Gintrowski CM. ur. 23 września 1878 w Czempiniu, zm. 1 listopada 1939 w Lasku Gdańskim koło Bydgoszczy) – polski duchowny katolicki.

(CM is Congregation of the Mission / Kongregacja Misji; ks is the Polish equivalent of Father, Pére)

Other priests were also executed at the same time.

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A Polish website on martyred Polish clergy; this page on Gintrowski

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A 1 min., 25 sec. video of the framed drawing