Some of the Churchmen behaved heroically when it came to saving the Jews. These are some of the examples of those Heroes.
Father Marie Benoit, a monk in the Capuchin monastery in Marseille, resolved
to thwart the Nazis after witnessing frequent roundups of Jewish refugees.
Gifted with extraordinary ability as an organizer, he turned the monastery
into a far-reaching rescue operation, working with frontier guides who
smuggled Jews and anti-Nazi refugees into Spain and Switzerland.
Father Marie-Benoit
Abbe Joseph Folliet, the Catholic chaplain of Jeunesee ourvriere chretienne, was vital in assisting dozens of refugees crossing the border into Switzerland. Border escorts or guides directed their charges to Abbe Folliett who arranged for them to stay at Church sanctuaries in the department of Haute-Savoie.
Jesuit Father Pierre Chaillet, hero of the French resistance and the publisher of an underground newspaper, used to haunt the streets Lyon and countryside looking for Children. Once, he found four children huddling in a cave and led them to monastery, where several hundred other refugees were being housed.
Mother Marie of Notre Dame de Sion in Melun saved more than 500 Jewish
Chidren by directing them to convents and schools.
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