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The Martyrs of Nowogródek, also known as the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek, the Eleven Nuns of Nowogródek or Blessed Mary Stella and her Ten Companions, were a group of members of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a Polish Roman Catholic religious congregation, executed by the Gestapo in August 1943 in occupied Poland (present-day Novogrudok, Belarus).
The Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church (Belarusian: Фарны касцёл Праабражэння Гасподняга) in Novogrudok, Belarus, is a Baroque church erected in 1712–1723, replacing an earlier Gothic building from the late 14th century, and originally consecrated under the title of Corpus Christi.
The enclosed Convent of the Benedictine Sisters of Eternal Adoration lifted a centuries-old ban on male visitors to serve as a strategic base for the Home Army and threw open its doors to refugees, who were nursed and fed by the sisters. The prioress received an ultimatum from the Germans but refused to leave for fear of the impact on morale.
During the German occupation, the city served as the administrative centre of Kreisgebiet Nowogrodek within the Generalbezirk Weißruthenien of Reichskommissariat Ostland. The local population was subjected to deportations for forced labour to Germany and executions. [43]
Martyrs of Nowogródek: 11 Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth executed by the Gestapo in 1943 in occupied Poland. Martyrs of Otranto: 813 residents of the city of Otranto, Italy put to death in 1480 for refusing to convert to Islam. Saints of the Cristero War: 25 Catholic saints and martyrs who died in the Mexican Cristero War.
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Nowogródek Voivodeship consisted of 8 cities, 8 powiats subdivided further into futory and kolonie, and 89 villages. The Polish census of 1921 data reveals that the voivodeship was inhabited by 800,761 people, and the population density was 35.3 persons per km 2.
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