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For choir and orchestra. The sixtieth anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Maximilian

Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, the archbishop of Cracow, celebrated mass outside the Death Block on August 14, 2001, the sixtieth anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe. After the mass, wreaths were laid in the death cell, at the foot of the Death Wall, and outside the block at the place where a penal roll call was held in reprisal for the escape of one of the prisoners. During this roll call, a group of prisoners, including Father Kolbe, was sentenced to death by starvation.

The day before the ceremony, a choir and orchestra from the parish of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus in Venice-Mestre performed the Maximilian Kolbe Oratorium.