ROME (AP) Researchers have discovered new documentation that substantiates reports that Catholic convents and monasteries in Rome sheltered Jews during World War II, providing names of at least 3,200 Jews whose identities have been corroborated by the city’s Jewish community, officials said Thursday. Researchers from the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust research […]
Documents provide the names of at least 3,200 Jews that had been corroborated by Rome's Jewish Community. The Nazis occupied Rome in 1943-1944 and deported and murdered around 2,000 Jews.
Catholic-Jewish research indicates Catholic convents sheltered Jews during WWII ncronline.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncronline.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Report from Yad Vashem, the Vatican, Italian Jewish community says at least that number were protected by church; sheds no new light on Pope Pius XII's role during Nazi occupation
A joint press release by the Pontifical Biblical Institute, the Jewish Community of Rome, and Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, published on 7 September, offered details of the discovery..