- Document ID: do_jYvNyz3ezuC6p3gjyeKaL
- Document Collection: 7-8-1- Instytut Pamieci Narodowej (IPN) Sig. 781000007 „Kartei Dachau“
doubts place of birth:
according to the sources below „Witowo“ (today Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) was his place of residence.
His place of birth is given as „Chmielnik“ (Kalisz)
Henryk Benedykt ANTONOWICZ, born on 11. or 12.07.1903
He was a priest and chaplain of the Polish Armed Forces in Pinsk.
On 26.08.1940 he was arrested and interned in Szczeglin transit camp (Durchgangslager/DL Scheglin)
Three days later he was transported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
(Sachsenhausen prisoner number 29908)
From there he was transferred to Dachau on 14.12.1940 where he perished.
[quote] „26.08.1940 arrests (Warthegau): As part of strategy formulated by the Gaulaiter of German‑occupied Wartheland, Artur Greiser, implementing „Ohne Gott, ohne Religion, ohne Priesters und Sakramenten” — „without God, without religion, without priest and sacrament” — policy, hundreds of Polish priests were arrested on this day. They were jailed, together with priests arrested previously and held in Ląd on Warta river camp, among others, in Szczeglin transit camp n. Mogilno. Three days later all were transferred to KL Sachsenhausen concentration camp.“
[quote] „Among others on 29.08.1940 Germans sent from DL Scheglin 188 Polish priests to KL Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Approx. 150 of those held in DL Scheglin were murdered — some in the camp itself, the others in an execution site in Świerkowice forest.“
info and quotes taken from
[HENRY BENEDYKT ANTONOWICZ — MARTYROLOGY]
https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search?s=antonowicz%20henryk%201903