Placid Olofsson

Dr OSB Placid Olofsson (born as Károly Olofsson, Rákosszentmihály, Hungary, 23 December 1916 – Budapest, Hungary, 15 January 2017) was a Hungarian Benedictine monk, priest, teacher and Gulag victim. In 1946, he was interned in the Soviet Union in a Gulag labour camp on the basis of fake charges, where he spent ten years. He found there his new vocation: to keep the other prisoners in countenance. After his return to Hungary with his teachings, lectures and books, he gave faith and hope for life to thousands of people. — Placid Olofsson

Placid Olofsson

Dr OSB Placid Olofsson (born as Károly Olofsson, Rákosszentmihály, Hungary, 23 December 1916 – Budapest, Hungary, 15 January 2017) was a Hungarian Benedictine monk, priest, teacher and Gulag victim. In 1946, he was interned in the Soviet Union in a Gulag labour camp on the basis of fake charges, where he spent ten years. He found there his new vocation: to keep the other prisoners in countenance. After his return to Hungary with his teachings, lectures and books, he gave faith and hope for life to thousands of people. — Placid Olofsson