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St Sigismund parish
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese, Poland

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Martyrology of the clergy — Poland

XX century (1914 – 1989)

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surname

KASPROWICZ

forename(s)

Felix (pl. Feliks)

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function

diocesan priest

creed

Latin (Roman Catholic) Church RCmore on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2014.09.21]

diocese / province

Lublin diocesemore on
pl.wikipedia.org
[access: 2013.05.19]

date and place
of death

09.07.1940

Rogóźnotoday: Ludwin gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]

alt. dates and places
of death

19.09.1939, 22.09.1939

details of death

After German and Russian invasion of Poland in 09.1939 and start of the World War II, after start of German occupation, arrested by Germans — at the instigation of local Ukrainians.

Forced into a nearby forest where he had to dig his own grave and then was murdered.

The church was taken over by the Ukrainians and turned into a prob. Orthodox church.

cause of death

murder

perpetrators

Germans / Ukrainians

sites and events

«Genocidium Atrox»Click to display the description, GeneralgouvernementClick to display the description, Ribbentrop‐MolotovClick to display the description, Pius XI's encyclicalsClick to display the description

date and place
of birth

18.04.1888

Stoczektoday: Niemce gm., Lublin pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
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[access: 2021.12.18]

alt. dates and places
of birth

28.04.1888

presbyter (holy orders)
ordination

1911

positions held

1922 – 1940

parish priest — Rogóźnotoday: Ludwin gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Lawrence the Martyr RC parish ⋄ Łęcznatoday: Łęczna gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery — founder of the parish (initially its administrator); the church was opened in a former Orthodox chapel, abandoned in 1915 by Orthodox monks who fled east after the Russian defeat with the Germans and Austrians in the Battle

1936

curatus/rector/expositus — Horyszów Ruskitoday: Horyszów, Miączyn gm., Zamość pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.08.19]
⋄ St Michael the Archangel RC church ⋄ Gdeszyntoday: Miączyn gm., Zamość pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.09.29]
, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Hrubieszówtoday: Hrubieszów urban gm., Hrubieszów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery — appointed; proposal rejected

1932

administrator — Leszkowicetoday: Ostrówek gm., Lubartów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.08.19]
⋄ St Joseph Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Lubartówtoday: Lubartów gm., Lubartów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery — appointed; proposal rejected

1932

administrator — Leszkowicetoday: Ostrówek gm., Lubartów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2023.08.19]
⋄ St Joseph Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Lubartówtoday: Lubartów gm., Lubartów pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery — appointed; proposal rejected

1921 – 1922

vicar — Piaskiform.: Piaski Wielkie
today: Piaski gm., Świdnik pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St Nicholas the Biship and Confessor RC parish ⋄ Biskupicetoday: Trawniki gm., Świdnik pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1919 – 1921

administrator — Gołąbtoday: Puławy gm., Puławy pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Florian the Martyr and St Catherine Virgin and Martyr RC parish ⋄ Puławyform.: Nowo‐Aleksandrya
today: Puławy urban gm., Puławy pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1918 – 1919

vicar — Łańcuchówtoday: Milejów gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St John the Baptist RC parish ⋄ Łęcznatoday: Łęczna gm., Łęczna pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1916 – 1918

vicar — Gołąbtoday: Puławy gm., Puławy pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary RC parish ⋄ Puławyform.: Nowo‐Aleksandrya
today: Puławy urban gm., Puławy pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

1914 – 1916

vicar — Częstoborowicetoday: Rybczewice gm., Świdnik pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.03]
⋄ St Peter and St Paul the Apostles RC parish ⋄ Krasnystawtoday: Krasnystaw urban gm., Krasnystaw pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.03]
RC deanery

1912 – 1914

vicar — Tarnogóratoday: Izbica gm., Krasnystaw pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Sophie RC parish ⋄ Krasnystawtoday: Krasnystaw urban gm., Krasnystaw pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2020.12.03]
RC deanery

1911 – 1912

vicar — Zakrzówektoday: Zakrzówek gm., Kraśnik pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ St Nicholas the Bishop and Confessor RC parish ⋄ Janów Lubelskiform.: Janów Ordynacki
today: Janów Lubelski gm., Janów Lubelski pov., Lublin voiv., Poland

more on
en.wikipedia.org
[access: 2021.08.20]
RC deanery

till 1911

student — Lublintoday: Lublin city pov., Lublin voiv., Poland
more on
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[access: 2021.08.20]
⋄ philosophy and theology, Theological Seminary

sites and events
descriptions

«Genocidium Atrox»: In 1939‐1947, especially in 1943‐1944, independent Ukrainian units, mainly belonging to genocidal Ukrainian organizations OUN (political arm) and UPA (military arm), supported by local Ukrainian population, murdered — often in extremely brutal way — in Volyn and surrounding regions of pre‐war Poland, from 130,000 to 180,000 Poles, all civilians: men, women, children, old and young. Polish‐Ukrainian conflict that openly emerged during and after World War I (in particular resulting in Polish‐Ukrainian war of 1918‐1919), that survived and even deepened later when western Ukraine became a part Poland, exploded again after the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. During Russian occupation of 1939‐1941, when hundreds of thousands of Poles were deported into central Russia, when tens of thousands were murdered (during so‐called Katyń massacres, among others), this open conflict had a limited character, helped by the fact that at that time Ukrainians, Ukrainian nationalists in particular, were also persecuted by the Russians. The worst came after German‐Russian war started on 22.06.1941 and German occupation resulted. Initially Ukrainians supported Germans (Ukrainian police was initiated, Ukrainians co—participated in extermination of the Jews and were joining army units fighting alongside Germans). Later when German ambivalent position towards Ukraine became apparent Ukrainians started acting independently. And in 1943 one of the units of aforementioned Ukrainian OUN/UPA organization, in Volyn, started and perpetrated a genocide of Polish population of this region. In mere few weeks OUN/UPA murdered, with Germans passively watching on the sidelines, more than 40,000 Poles. This strategy was consequently approved and adopted by all OUN/UPA organisations and similar genocides took place in Eastern Lesser Poland (part of Ukraine) where more than 20,000 Poles were slaughtered, meeting however with growing resistance from Polish population. Further west, in Chełm, Rzeszów, etc. regions this genocide turned into an extremely bloody conflict. In general genocide, perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists, partly collaborating with German occupants, on vulnerable Polish population took part in hundreds of villages and small towns, where virtually all Polish inhabitants were wiped out. More than 200 priests, religious and nuns perished in this holocaust — known as «Genocidium Atrox» (Eng. „savage genocide”) The nature and purpose of genocide is perhaps best reflected in the song sung by the murderers: „We will slaughter the Poles, we will cut down the Jews, we must conquer the great Ukraine” (ukr. „Поляків виріжем, Євреїв видусим, велику Україну здобути мусим”). This holocaust and conflict ended up in total elimination of Polish population and Polish culture from Ukraine, in enforced deportations in 1944‐1945 of remaining Poles from Ukraine and some Ukrainians into Ukraine proper, and finally in deportation of Ukrainians from East‐South to the Western parts of Polish republic prl by Commie‐Nazi Russian controlled Polish security forces („Vistula Action”). (more on: www.swzygmunt.knc.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2021.06.20]
)

Generalgouvernement: After the Polish defeat in the 09.1939 campaign, which was the result of the Ribbentrop‐Molotov Pact and constituted the first stage of World War II, and the beginning of German occupation in part of Poland (in the other, eastern part of Poland, the Russian occupation began), the Germans divided the occupied Polish territory into five main regions. In two of them new German provinces were created, two other were incorporated into other provinces. However, the fifth part was treated separately, and in a political sense it was supposed to recreate the German idea from 1915 (during World War I, after the defeat of the Russians in the Battle of Gorlice in 05.1915) of creating a Polish enclave within Germany. Illegal in the sense of international law, i.e. Hague Convention, and public law, managed by the Germans according to separate laws — especially established for the Polish Germ. Untermenschen (Eng. subhumans) — till the Russian offensive in 1945 it constituted the Germ. Großdeutschland (Eng. Greater Germany). Till 31.07.1940 formally called Germ. Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete (Eng. General Government for the occupied Polish lands) — later simply Germ. Generalgouvernement (Eng. General Governorate), as in the years 1915‐1918. From 07.1941, i.e. after the German attack on 22.06.1941 against the erstwhile ally, the Russians, it also included the Galicia district, i.e. the Polish pre‐war south‐eastern voivodeships. A special criminal law was enacted and applied to Poles and Jews, allowing for the arbitrary administration of the death penalty regardless of the age of the „perpetrator”, and sanctioning the use of collective responsibility. After the end of the military conflict of the World War UU, the government of the Germ. Generalgouvernement was recognized as a criminal organization, and its leader, governor Hans Frank, guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed. (more on: pl.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.12.04]
)

Ribbentrop‐Molotov: Genocidal Russian‐German alliance pact between Russian leader Joseph Stalin and German leader Adolf Hitler signed on 23.08.1939 in Moscow by respective foreign ministers, Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov for Russia and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany. The pact sanctioned and was the direct cause of joint Russian and German invasion of Poland and the outbreak of the World War II in 09.1939. In a political sense, the pact was an attempt to restore the status quo ante before 1914, with one exception, namely the „commercial” exchange of the so‐called „Kingdom of Poland”, which in 1914 was part of the Russian Empire, fore Eastern Galicia (today's western Ukraine), in 1914 belonging to the Austro‐Hungarian Empire. Galicia, including Lviv, was to be taken over by the Russians, the „Kingdom of Poland” — under the name of the General Governorate — Germany. The resultant „war was one of the greatest calamities and dramas of humanity in history, for two atheistic and anti‐Christian ideologies — national and international socialism — rejected God and His fifth Decalogue commandment: Thou shall not kill!” (Abp Stanislav Gądecki, 01.09.2019). The decisions taken — backed up by the betrayal of the formal allies of Poland, France and Germany, which on 12.09.1939, at a joint conference in Abbeville, decided not to provide aid to attacked Poland and not to take military action against Germany (a clear breach of treaty obligations with Poland) — were on 28.09.1939 slightly altered and made more precise when a treaty on „German‐Russian boundaries and friendship” was agreed by the same murderous signatories. One of its findings was establishment of spheres of influence in Central and Eastern Europe and in consequence IV partition of Poland. In one of its secret annexes agreed, that: „the Signatories will not tolerate on its respective territories any Polish propaganda that affects the territory of the other Side. On their respective territories they will suppress all such propaganda and inform each other of the measures taken to accomplish it”. The agreements resulted in a series of meeting between two genocidal organization representing both sides — German Gestapo and Russian NKVD when coordination of efforts to exterminate Polish intelligentsia and Polish leading classes (in Germany called «Intelligenzaktion», in Russia took the form of Katyń massacres) where discussed. Resulted in deaths of hundreds of thousands of Polish intelligentsia, including thousands of priests presented here, and tens of millions of ordinary people,. The results of this Russian‐German pact lasted till 1989 and are still in evidence even today. (more on: en.wikipedia.orgClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2015.09.30]
)

Pius XI's encyclicals: Facing the creation of two totalitarian systems in Europe, which seemed to compete with each other, though there were more similarities than contradictions between them, Pope Pius XI issued in 03.1937 (within 5 days) two encyclicals. In the „Mit brennender Sorge” (Eng. „With Burning Concern”) published on 14.03.1938, condemned the national socialism prevailing in Germany. The Pope wrote: „Whoever, following the old Germanic‐pre‐Christian beliefs, puts various impersonal fate in the place of a personal God, denies the wisdom of God and Providence […], whoever exalts earthly values: race or nation, or state, or state system, representatives of state power or other fundamental values of human society, […] and makes them the highest standard of all values, including religious ones, and idolizes them, this one […] is far from true faith in God and from a worldview corresponding to such faith”. On 19.03.1937, published „Divini Redemptoris” (Eng. „Divine Redeemer”), in which criticized Russian communism, dialectical materialism and the class struggle theory. The Pope wrote: „Communism deprives man of freedom, and therefore the spiritual basis of all life norms. It deprives the human person of all his dignity and any moral support with which he could resist the onslaught of blind passions […] This is the new gospel that Bolshevik and godless communism preaches as a message of salvation and redemption of humanity”… Pius XI demanded that the established human law be subjected to the natural law of God , recommended the implementation of the ideal of a Christian state and society, and called on Catholics to resist. Two years later, National Socialist Germany and Communist Russia came together and started World War II. (more on: www.vatican.vaClick to attempt to display webpage
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sources

personal:
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[access: 2013.12.04]
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[access: 2013.12.04]
, www.miesiecznik.znak.com.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2014.08.14]

bibliographical:
Mysterium iniquitatis. Clergy and religious of the Latin rite murdered by Ukrainian nationalists in 1939‐1945”, Fr Józef Marecki, Institute of National Remembrance IPN, Kraków 2020
original images:
www.rogozno.diecezja.lublin.plClick to attempt to display webpage
[access: 2013.12.04]
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