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Edith Steinová
1891 – 1942
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEdith Stein was a German philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She was murdered in the gas chamber at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp on 9 August 1942, and is canonized as a martyr of the Catholic Church; she is also one of six patron saints of Europe.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
October 12, 1891
Wrocław
Date of death
August 9, 1942
Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
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- Field and occupation
- židovská mučednice
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