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An inspiring true story of bravery and faith. During the German occupation of Rome from 1942-1944, Irishman Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty ran a getaway company for Allied POWs and civilians, including Jews. Safe within the Vatican state, he regularly ventured out in disguise to keep his quest, which attained him the nickname 'The Pimpernel of the Vatican'. When the Allies came into Rome, he and his collaborators - priests, nuns, and laypeople of numerous nationalities and spiritual beliefs - experienced saved the lives of over 6,500 people. The first new telling of this outstanding story in generations, this e book also addresses the amazing dichotomy between O'Flaherty and Herbert Kappler, the Gestapo key in Rome who purchased him killed, and who, following the battle, reconciled with the monsignor, and even asked him to execute his baptism. For his heroic work, O'Flaherty was granted the best honors, including a Congressional Medal, and was the first Irishman known as the Notary of the Holy Office. His story was immortalized in the 1983 film The Scarlet and the Dark colored, which starred Gregory Peck as O'Flaherty.
