With daring and resourcefulness Father Benoit (1895 – 1990) built up an efficient organization to smuggle Jews and other anti-Nazi refugees into Spain… He found an old hand press in the basement and, with the aid of a Jewish printer-engraver, turned out thousands of passports. Then he summoned a number of Swiss, Hungarian and Rumanian consuls and convinced them in the name of God and our common humanity to sign the crudely made documents. Upon the liberation of Rome, June 1944, the Jewish community held an official ceremony in honor of Father Benoît, he was highly praised for all the lives he saved.
Père Marie-Benoît magazine article 1964Father Mary Benedict magazine article 1964Padre Maria Benedetto article 1964Father Benoît rescued many Jews from the nazis 1939 -1945Father Benoît righteous Gentile during the Holocaust 1942-1945Father Benoît Catholic priest who rescued Jews in Nazi-occupied countriesChristian clergy who saved Jews during the Holocaust
Père Marie-Benoît magazine article 1964Father Mary Benedict magazine article 1964Padre Maria Benedetto article 1964Father Benoît rescued many Jews from the nazis 1939 -1945Father Benoît righteous Gentile during the Holocaust 1942-1945Father Benoît Catholic priest who rescued Jews in Nazi-occupied countriesChristian clergy who saved Jews during the Holocaust