Posted on Sep 4, 2020

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The confined: A story of hidden children, WW2: The nun who...

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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As a Jewish girl growing up in France during the Holocaust in World War Two, Hélène Ullrich was on the run.

An extraordinary Catholic nun defied the Nazis, risking her own life to save Hélène and 82 other children.

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The confined: A story of hidden children, WW2: The nun who...

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Righteous Gentiles saved a number of Jews, especially children

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Thank you for the great share shipmate PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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CPO Rob Ponce

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So many beautiful stories like this. Pope Pius XII gets a bad wrap because of “bad history” but actually saved many Jewish lives. So many priests and religious communities saved countless lives.

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BBC World Service - The Documentary, The confined: A story of hidden children, WW2: The nun who...

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