Ksiądz Czesław OSZKIEL – męczeństwo

ks. Czesław / Fr Ceslaus OSZKIEL - biografia/biography
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Ksiądz Czesław OSZKIEL – męczeństwo...................................................................................................................................................1
Father Ceslaus OSZKIEL – martyrology....................................................................................................................................................2
Fotografie - Images ..................................................................................................................................................................................3
Ksiądz Czesław OSZKIEL – męczeństwo
Zapomniany bohater
J. A. Buza, 1958
© parafia pw. św. Zygmunta, Słomczyn
st Sigismund parish, Słomczyn
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Fr Ceslaus – martyrology
Father Ceslaus OSZKIEL – martyrology
The Forgotten Hero
J. A. Buza, 1958
How many sad memories the occupation of our country left in us,
how many painful scarred wounds are still bleeding! There are almost
no inches of Polish land where somebody close to heart would not be
mourned! And many heroes lie quietly and peacefully forgotten by passing
time. One of them is Fr Ceslaus Oszkiel from Tarczyn near Warsaw
murdered 14 years ago on 18th of March 1944 by German Nazi thugs.
Fr Ceslaus Oszkiel, Tarczyn parish priest, was generally held in high esteem
for his rightfulness and patriotism. Always smiling, full of goodness
was able to placate and bring together all parishioners. So the news
of his death touched all. Throughout German occupation many people
came to visit him in his rectory to learn about radio news and get help
when most needed. All were welcomed and all were assisted.
But the German Gestapo found its way to Tarczyn as well. The arrests
followed. Many people were held, among them father Oszkiel, who after arrest was severely beaten
at the local police station and next transported to Grójec and brutally murdered. Unbroken and courageous
priest did not give up any names though he knew a lot. Quite the opposite he heartened and instilled spirit
into the arrested to endure.
The body of the murdered priest the Germans carted out of town and secretly buried in a nearby forest.
Polish resistance fighter found it though and quietly buried it in a nearby Worowo cemetery. After the end
of war and German escape Fr Oszkiel’s relics were solemnly transferred to Tarczyn and buried on the local
cemetery. Salvo of honour was granted to the Polish Underground Resistance soldier-martyr.
One of the Tarczyn street also bears his name. And a commemorative plaque was unveiled in st Nicholas
church.
Hail to his memory!
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Fotografie - Images
ks. Czesław Oszkiel
Fr Czeslaus Oszkiel
źródło: www.laliny.mazowsze.pl
source: www.laliny.mazowsze.pl
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Tablica pamiątkowa, archikatedra pw. św. Jana, Warszawa
Commemorative plaque, st John archcathedral, Warszawa
źródło: zasoby własne
source: personal archive
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