Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma were killed in their town of Markowa on March 24, 1944, for hiding eight Jews who had escaped from internment by the occupying German forces.
Their children, four boys and two girls, were also killed. Wiktoria Ulma was pregnant when she died. The family was killed in their back garden.
News of the cause of canonization was made public by the postulator, Father Stanislaw Jamrozek, who was interviewed by the Catholic news agency Kai.
«The petition for canonization,» he said, «started with the residents themselves of the town of Markowa, who in this way wished to show their friendship and affection for the memory of these persons.»
