On Aug 1 1943, 11 Polish nuns in Nowogrodek were seized by the Gestapo and shot before an open grave. They had prayed that their lives would be taken in the place of 120 factory workers who were arrested. Their prayer was answered. These martyrs were beatified in 2000.
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"My God, if lives must be sacrificed, it is better that they should shoot us rather than those who have families. We pray that God may accept our offer."--Blessed Maria Stella Mardosewicz, superior of the community
