TERESA BENEDICT OF THE CROSS Edith Stein (1891-1942) nun; Discalced Carmelite; martyr. She was killed in Auschwitz; deported because of his Jewish origins. "We bow deeply before the testimony of the life and death of Edith Stein; daughter of Israel and at the same time daughter of Carmel. Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross; a personality in her intense life a dramatic synthesis of our century; a rich synthesis of deep wounds that still bleed; at the same time the synthesis of a full truth above man; a heart that was so restless and unfulfilled until it finally found peace in God; "these words were spoken by Pope John Paul II during the beatification Edith Stein in Cologne on 1 May 1987