They used convents, farms and even flats beside the SS headquarters. When Rome was liberated, 6,425 of O’Flaherty’s escapees were still alive. 2/2
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Hugh O’Flaherty was born on 28th February 1898 in Lisrobin, Kiskeam, County Cork. He was ordained in 1925 and posted to the Vatican. Early in the war he visited POW camps and then used Radio Vatican to pass on word of prisoners to their relatives. When Germany occupied Rome in 1943, O’Flaherty and some like-minded friends hid Jews and Allied soldiers from the Nazis. 1/2
#HughOFlaherty #Ireland #IrishHistory #WW2 #Jews #Jewish #Vatican #Rome #Kiskeam #Cork #OnThisDay
When Germany occupied Rome in 1943, O’Flaherty and some like-minded friends hid Jews and Allied soldiers from the Nazis. They used convents, farms and even flats beside the SS headquarters. When Rome was liberated, 6,425 of O’Flaherty’s escapees were still alive. 2/2
#HughOFlaherty #Ireland #IrishHistory #WW2 #Jews #Jewish #Vatican #Rome #Kiskeam #Cork
Hugh O’Flaherty was born on 28th February 1898 in Lisrobin, Kiskeam, County Cork. He was ordained in 1925 and posted to the Vatican. Early in the war he visited POW camps and then used Radio Vatican to pass on word of prisoners to their relatives. 1/2
#HughOFlaherty #Ireland #IrishHistory #WW2 #Jews #Jewish #Vatican #Rome #Kiskeam #Cork
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