Hidden children of the Holocaust

Belgian nuns and their daring rescue of young Jews from the Nazis

On the eve of the Nazi invasion in 1940 Belgium was essentially a Catholic country. Because the church was involved in so many organizations, the Nazis left the church alone. Consequently many of Belgium's Jews turned to the church for help. With a single exception, Belgium's cardinals and bishops did not extend their hand but the lower orders, parish priests and nuns, spontaneously did as much as they could.

Oxford Univ Press
2010
9780199739059
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184279