She was medically experimented on by Nazis while interned in a concentration camp.
Pope John Paul II
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He was the first pope to resign voluntarily since 1294.
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Pope John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history. He served from 1978 until 2005. He was instrumental in ending Communist rule in his native Poland and across …
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The first black bishop in the 20th century to head a U.S. diocese.
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He became the first Slavic pope and the youngest pope in 132 years.