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Saturday, October 06, 2012

Following Francis' Footsteps: How Assisi Protected Jews During World War II, Part I | Daily News | NCRegister.com

The following excerpts are from National Catholic Register (ncregister.com):
  • ASSISI, ITALY — For almost eight centuries, pilgrims venerating St. Francis have come to the picturesque hilltop town of Assisi, 100 miles northeast of Rome, where the saint was born in 1182. Here was where he founded three religious orders and died at age 45.
  • Less known, especially by American Catholics, is Assisi’s legacy as a sanctuary for thousands of refugees displaced during World War II, including approximately 300 Jews who were hidden in the city’s convents, monasteries and private homes.
  • Religious and civil leaders of wartime Assisi dramatically mirrored the saint’s message of compassion and peacemaking. The compassion they extended to outsiders while Allied and Axis forces fought on Italian soil is the subject of ongoing research and an exhibit, “Museum of Memory, 1943-1944 Assisi,” at Assisi’s Palazzo Vallemani.
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Following Francis' Footsteps: How Assisi Protected Jews During World War II, Part I | Daily News | NCRegister.com