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Adam Sztark SJ (July 30, 1907 – December 19, 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and the first Polish Jesuit awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal.

Biography
Adam Sztark was the son of Władysław and Teresa née Gałęcka. After graduating from the Gymnasium Asnyka in Kalisz, he entered the Jesuit Order in Stara Wieś in 1924. He was ordained a priest in June, 1936, after which he started working as the administrator of the Zhyrovichy Monastery in Żyrowice near Słonim. He was also a chaplain at the local hospital and a chaplain at the convent of the sisters of the Immaculate Conception.

After the outbreak of World War II, he became a victim of repression by the Third Reich. According to the testimonies of witnesses, he called from the pulpit to help Jews, collected money and valuables from the parishioners, and organized Aryan papers for them. Orphaned Jewish children found in the street were kept in the presbytery [1]. Arrested on December 18, 1942, he was shot the next day by the Germans at the Pietralewicki Hill near Słonim[2]. According to witnesses, during the execution he shouted: “Long live Christ the King, long live Poland. Father, forgive them, they don't know what they are doing!". On March 8, 2001, in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem awarded Sztark the Righteous Among the Nations medal.