The Vatican Pimpernel
The Vatican Pimpernel (Paperback)
R 518.00
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- R 276.00
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- R 212.00
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- R 518.00
- Last change
- R 242.00
- First indexed
- 07 Aug 2020
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Description
During the German occupation of Rome from 1942 to 1944, Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty ran an escape organisation for Allied POWs and civilians, including Jews. Safe within the Vatican state, he regularly ventured out in disguise to continue his mission, which earned him the nickname 'the Pimpernel of the Vatican'. Kappler, the Gestapo chief in Rome, ordered him captured or killed. When the Allies entered Rome, Monsignor O'Flaherty and his colleagues had saved over 6,500 lives.