Edith Stein As Carmelite Nun
by Bettmann
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Edith Stein As Carmelite Nun
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Bettmann
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(Original Caption) May Be Canonized. Frankfurt: Edith Stein, born in 1891 to a middle-class Jewish family in Breslau, Germany, is likely to be canonized by the Catholic Church next year, Miss Stein converted to Catholicism in 1922, after a decade of philosophical studies. She later became a Carmelite nun and worked under the name of Sister Teresia Benedicta a Cruce. During World War II she was arrested by the Nazis for having Jewish blood and sent to Auschwitz, where she died in a gas chamber.
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May 12th, 2020
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