1.27.22 Poupko_JP2 at Auschwitz.JPG

Pope John Paul II greets Franciszek Gajowniczek, second from right, at the Nazi-German Auschwitz prison camp in this 1979 file photo. Gajowniczek, who shared a cellblock with St. Maximilian Kolbe, escaped execution at the camp when Kolbe died in his place. Gajowniczek died March 13, 1995, at age 93. (CNS)