The Mission of Abbé Glasberg in the French Resistance during WWII (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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The Mission of Abb� Glasberg is the fascinating story of a priest - of Jewish origins - who dedicated himself to the task of helping the refugees who were streaming into France during the years preceding World War II. Together with Father Chaillet, Abb� Glasberg created the ecumenical Amiti� Chr�tienne in May 1942 with the full support of Cardinal Gerlier, archbishop of Lyon.

In a joint effort, they managed to retrieve hundreds of Jewish children from French-run concentration camps and disperse them among religious houses and private homes. They refused to give them up even when the government of Vichy placed Chaillet under house arrest in a psychiatric hospital for three months.

They disregarded the orders of Alexandre Angeli, the regional prefect of Lyon, who was a Nazi collaborator. Angeli was condemned to a death penalty immediately after the war, later commuted to a sentence of four year-imprisonment. Abb� Glasberg later joined the French underground.

After the war, Abb� Glasberg assisted the Mossad in their attempt to transport many of the war survivors to the land of Israel.