Massimiliano Kolbe - Un Santo nell'inferno #[nn]

The cover of this 2008 Edizioni Messaggero Padova volume immediately draws the eye to a striking portrait of Massimiliano Kolbe — rendered in expressive, painterly strokes by Dino Battaglia — set against the haunting backdrop of a concentration camp's barbed wire and watchtowers. The subtitle Un Santo nell'inferno ("A Saint in Hell") frames the visual perfectly, with Kolbe's calm, resolute face contrasting against that grim industrial skyline. Battaglia's work here demonstrates the full range of his illustrative talent, making this a compelling graphic biography of one of history's most extraordinary figures of faith and sacrifice.