Błogosławione Siostry Elżbietanki: męczenniczki czasu II wojny światowej
Blessed Elizabeth Sisters: martyrs of the Second World War

Summary/Abstract: The submitted text is a reflection on the figure of the Christian martyr. He is a witness to the truthfulness of faith in God, who is life. This concept of martyrs found its application in the books of the New Testament. Henceforth, an authentic witness is one who not only gives verbal testimony to something or someone, but testifies to it with his own life. The motive for them is the beatification of 10 Elizabethan martyrs. They were: Sister M. Edelburgis Kubitzki († February 20, 1945); Sister M. Rosaria Schilling († February 23, 1945); Sister M. Adela Schramm († February 25, 1945); Sister M. Sabina Thienel († March 1, 1945); Sister M. Adelheidis Töpfer († 24 March 1945); Sister M. Melusja Rybka († 24 March 1945); Sister M. Sapientia Heymann († 24 March 1945); Sister M. Felicitas Ellmerer († 25 March 1945); Sister M. Acutina Goldberg († 2 May 1945) and Sister M. Paschalis Jahn(† 11 May 1945). Their beatification took place on June 11, 2022 at the Wroclaw Archcathedral. All of them were murdered by Red Army soldiers in the final months of World War II. Who, then,is a Christian martyr? What is his strength? The strength of the martyr is Christ. However, it is not enough to believe in the strength Christ gives to be victorious in the fight against evil. It doesn’t help to be passive, but something more is needed. It takes the light of conscience. A martyr becomes a witness to truth, goodness, justice only because he was first a man of conscience. His life was beautiful because it was a life according to a beautiful conscience.

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