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“The bourgeois clap-trap about the family and education, about the hallowed co-relation of parent and child, becomes all the more disgusting, the more, by the action of Modern Industry, all family ties among the proletarians are torn asunder, and their children transformed into simple articles of commerce and instruments of labour.”

Quote by Walter Ciszek

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Walter Ciszek
Walter Ciszek

Walter Ciszek, born on November 4, 1904, and died on December 8, 1984, was a renowned priest. Born in Poland, he became a clergyman in the United States Catholic Church. Father Ciszek was captured by Soviet forces during World War II and spent 13 years in Soviet labor camps. His resilience and faith were tested during his harsh imprisonment, and he emerged as a spiritual leader and moral exemplar. more

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