Who was the Vatican priest who hid prisoners of war?
So it is a surprise for most of us to learn of a Scarlet Pimpernel-esque Vatican priest who did all in his power to help escaped prisoners of war from the Allied forces survive by hiding them in and around German-occupied Rome. He was Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, a tall (6ft 2ins) humourous-looking Irish man from Kerry.
Can you donate Postcards from World War 2?
Yes. Wartime ephemera such as brochures, postcards, leaflets, programs, theater tickets and souvenirs will be placed in our archival collection and treated as artifacts. We are not accepting post-war pamphlets and guides to wartime locations like forts, battle sites and memorials, nor postwar association publications. DVDs.
Who was the pope during the World War 2?
The Vatican had a very bad war. Pope Pious XII has gone down in history as ‘Hitler’s Pope’, a man of deafening silences who made no public protests whatsoever at Nazi atrocities, especially Auschwitz – or even at the rounding up of Italian Jews.
What did Monsignor O’Flaherty do for the POWs?
He was the first not of hundreds but of thousands of escaped POWs of various nationalities who received the hospitality of Monsignor O’Flaherty and his circle. By the time Rome was liberated there were nearly 4,000 escapees secretly billeted through the city, many of them in private houses of sympathisers. They cost some £10,000 a month to feed.
Where did the Rosary for World War 1 come from?
The Combat Rosary™ is based upon the original pull chain rosary that was commissioned and procured by, believe it or not, the U.S. government and issued by the military, upon request, to soldiers serving in World War I. Some of these rosaries were also seen in WWII. Veterans recognize them as “Service Rosaries.”
Who is the creator of the combat Rosary?
Combat Rosary – This is the “authentic” Combat Rosary originally designed by Father Richard Heilman, who was inspired to design this Combat Rosary based on the 1916 WWI US Government military issue pull chain service rosary.
Why did the Germans clean up after World War 2?
Another reason to quickly clean battlefields was intelligence gathering. This King Tiger of the Waffen-SS 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion was recovered intact off a battlefield.
