Marceli Godlewski (15 January 1865 – 25 December 1945) was a Polish priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust by hiding them, assisting in escapes, and issuing fake baptismal certificates. From 1915 until 1945, Fr. Monsignor Godlewski was a priest in Warsaw's All Saints parish, which became part of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. In this position, he was actively involved in helping Jews during the German occupation of Poland, for which he was posthumously awarded the medal of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2009. He was also a prelate, social activist, National Democrat politician and member o
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Marceli Godlewski (15 January 1865 – 25 December 1945) was a Polish priest who saved Jews during the Holocaust by hiding them, assisting in escapes, and issuing fake baptismal certificates. From 1915 until 1945, Fr. Monsignor Godlewski was a priest in Warsaw's All Saints parish, which became part of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1940. In this position, he was actively involved in helping Jews during the German occupation of Poland, for which he was posthumously awarded the medal of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2009. He was also a prelate, social activist, National Democrat politician and member of the Polish National Committee (1914–1917).
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Godlewski was born in Turczyn on 15 January 1865, the son of Ignacy and Katarzyna (née Kuczyńska). He graduated from the seminary in Sejny in 1886, was ordained a priest in 1888, and then studied in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in theology in 1893. In 1896 he moved to Warsaw where he became a professor at the seminary (1895–1902) and vicar of Holy Cross Church. In 1915 he became pastor of All Saints parish, a position he held until his death. First in Łódź and then in Warsaw, he became involved in social activism, promoting Catholic social teaching, fighting socialist influence, and supporting the Polish national movement. Opposing revolutionary currents in 1905, he founded the Association of Christian Workers. Affiliated with the National Democracy, he opposed the association's affiliation with the Christian Democracy political party that was formed in independent Poland. He founded a number of magazines: Pracownik Polski, Któż jak Bóg, Nasz Sztandar, Chrześcijański Ruch Społeczny. He also edited Kronika Rodzinna (1905–1907). Godlewski often voiced anti-Semitic views, primarily related to fighting Jewish commerce. Yad Vashem described Godlewski as being "vocally anti-Semitic [for] most of his life". After 1918, Godlewski moved away from social activism and focused on…
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Remembrance Godlewski was posthumously awarded the Medal of the Righteous Among the Nations in 2009. At a ceremony at the Church of All Saints in Warsaw, proclaiming it as the "House of Life", Polish President Andrzej Duda recalled he was known as the "parish priest of the ghetto." On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Polish bishops' conference honored Godlewski's work. He is one of many Polish righteous Catholics documented in Ryszard Tyndorf's Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy: The Testimony of Survivors and Rescuers. Father Godlewski was one of the subjects of the 2017 documentary film All Saints' Oasis, which was directed by Roman Dobrzyński. The Warsaw Ghetto Museum recognized his humanitarian efforts in episode 5 — Grzybowski Square — of its 16-part short-guided tour series, 'Remnants of the Warsaw Ghetto'.
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Selected publications A Good Catholic Among Protestants — Dobry katolik między protestantami, 1897 Symbolic images of a sinful, justified and sanctified man — Obrazy symboliczne człowieka grzesznego, usprawiedliwionego i uświęconego, 1897 Biblical Archeology (the first Polish textbook on the ancient history of Palestine) vol.1 1899, vol.2 1903 — Archeologia Biblijna (pierwszy polski podręcznik do historii starożytnej Palestynny) t.1 1899, t.2 1903 Practical examination of conscience: (on the sacrament of penance) — Praktyczny rachunek sumienia: (o sakramencie pokuty), 1900 Jesus, Mary, Joseph: a book for devotion — Jezus, Marya, Józef : książka do nabożeństwa, 1901 Holy Father Pius X: short biography, decorated with a portrait and some drawing — Ojciec święty Pius X: krótki życiorys, ozdobiony portretem i kilkoma rysunkami, 1903 In defense of the Church: a polemic with Lutheran pastors — W obronie Kościoła: polemika prowadzona z pastorami luterskimi, 1904
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Further reading Biskupska, Jadwiga (27 January 2022). "Chapter 7 - Matters of Faith — Catholic Intelligentsia and the Church". Survivors: Warsaw Under Nazi Occupation (Hardcover) (New ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 192–225. doi:10.1017/9781009026017.008. ISBN 978-1316515587. S2CID 158418065. ISBN 1316515583. Kunicki, Mikołaj (Winter 2017). ""White Eagle Black Madonna: One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic Tradition." By Robert E. Alvis. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. xv, 349 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Chronology. Index. Illustrations. Maps. $125.00, paper."". Slavic Review. 76 (4). American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies: 1079–1080. doi:10.1017/slr.2017.290. S2CID 165506081. Tyndorf, Ryszard; Zieliński, Zygmunt (2023). Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy: The Testimony of Survivors and Rescuers (PDF). Vol. 1. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL. ISBN 978-83-8288-040-3. — Free downloadable book. Tyndorf, Ryszard; Zieliński, Zygmunt (2023). Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy: The Testimony of Survivors and Rescuers (PDF). Vol. 2. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL. ISBN 978-83-8288-088-5. — Free downloadable book.
