Maria Restituta Kafka

Franciscan nun and nurse; nazi critic; victim of execution in nazi-run austria.

Born May 1st, 1894 in Husovice.

Died March 30th, 1943 at 48 years old in Vienna (guillotine). [ref]

Occupations
nun, nurse, resistance fighter

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon