Who was st. maximilian kobe and how did he exemplify christ in a heroic way?

He was a Polish Franciscan priest who concentrated on printing pamphlets propagating the faith. He was seized by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. While there, a prisoner escaped and to punish the others, the commandant chose ten people to die to dissuade further escapes. A man chosen by random became unglued crying out who will care for my wife and children, my wife and children, what about my wife and children? Kolbe felt compion for him and began to walk forward. The guards were stunned, normally they would have shot anyone who got out of line but they let him go. He asked to take the place of the man worried about his family. The commandant allowed it and he and the others were put in a cell and starved to death. All the while, it took almost 2 weeks, they could hear Kolbe praying and singing, encouraging the others. He exemplified Christ by paying the price for another, dying in his place.