Emil Szramek

Emil Szramek (29 September 1887 – 13 January 1942) was a Polish and Roman Catholic priest. He graduated from the University of Wrocław. He died in a Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. He is one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II who were beatified in 1999 by Pope John Paul II.

Blessed Emil Michael Schramek
Priest and Martyr
Born	29 September 1887 Tworków, Poland
Died	13 January 1942 (aged 54) Dachau Concentration camp, Dachau, Germany
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	13 June 1999, Warsaw, Poland by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	13 December 1999, Nagoya, Japan
Feast	13 January
Attributes	Martyr's palm Rosary
Patronage	Tworkow, Poland

Commemorative plaque in the Church of St. Mary in Katowice

Orders and decorations

• Golden Cross of Merit (20 December 1927)^[1]
• Silver Academic Laurel (5 November 1935)^[2]

See also

• List of Nazi-German concentration camps
• The Holocaust in Poland
• World War II casualties of Poland