Wiktoria Ulma
Polish farmer executed for sheltering Jews, Catholic martyr and Blessed (1912-1944)
Feast: 7 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewish families by hiding them in their own home during the Holocaust. They and their children were summarily executed on 24 March 1944 for doing so.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Antoni Ulma Blessed Child
- Barbara Ulma Blessed Child
- Franciszek Ulma Blessed Child
- Józef Ulma Blessed Spouse“The Ulma family (Polish: Rodzina Ulmów) or Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children (Polish: Józef i Wiktoria Ulmowie z siedmiorgiem Dzieci) were a Polish Catholic family in Markowa, Poland, during the Nazi German occupation in World War II who attempted to rescue Polish Jewish families by hiding them in their…” — Wikipedia
- Maria Ulma Blessed Child
- Stanisława Ulma Blessed Child
- Władysław Ulma Blessed Child
- Wikidata Q9374220 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Wiktoria Ulma (CC BY-SA)
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