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January 22

German Virgin Mary

I remember from a Youtube video I saw long ago that somewhere in German-occupied Poland, probably during WWI, there was a Marian apparition in which the Virgin Mary spoke in German but the witnesses could not understand her because they only spoke Polish. I'm trying to find if this is a real story but I'm not findind anything. --82.58.29.125 (talk) 02:59, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You may be thinking of Gietrzwałd#Marian_Apparitions. That is the closest "real story" at the Most Complete List of Marian Apparitions.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:11, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It looks a lot like the case I was searching. But I distinctly remember the fact that initially the Virgin Mary spoke in German and only later, after no one undestood her, started to speak Polish. --82.58.29.125 (talk) 13:02, 22 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]