Boniface Zukowski was a Polish Catholic priest and a member of the Order of Friars Minor who lived from 1913 to 1942. Born in Rėva, he joined the Franciscan order in Niepokalanów in 1930 and later worked at the order's printing house. During the Second World War, he was arrested and sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. He died there in April 1942, becoming one of the many martyrs of the period.
Life and death
After entering the novitiate in 1931, Zukowski took his perpetual vows in 1932. He spent much of his religious life serving in the Franciscan printing works in Niepokalanów. His service was cut short when he was arrested in October 1941. He was subsequently imprisoned in the Auschwitz camp, where he eventually died in April 1942.
Veneration
He is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church. In 1999, Pope John Paul II beatified him in Warsaw as part of a group of 108 Polish martyrs from the Second World War. The Catholic Church commemorates him on June 12 and April 10.