P鑽e Marie-Beno? and Jewish Rescue: How a French Priest Together with Jewish Friends Saved Thousands During the Holocaust (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780253008534)

Susan Zuccotti narrates the life and work of P鑽e Marie-Beno?, a courageous French Capuchin priest who risked everything to hide Jews in France and Italy during the Holocaust. Who was this extraordinary priest and how did he become adept at hiding Jews, providing them with false papers, and helping them to elude their persecutors? From monasteries first in Marseille and later in Rome, P鑽e Marie-Beno? worked with Jewish co-conspirators to build remarkably effective Jewish-Christian rescue networks. Acting independently without Vatican support but with help from some priests, nuns, and local citizens, he and his friends persisted in their clandestine work until the Allies liberated Rome. After the conflict, P鑽e Marie-Beno? maintained his wartime Jewish friendships and devoted the rest of his life to Jewish Christian reconciliation. Papal officials viewed both activities unfavorably until after the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II), 1962-1965.

To tell this remarkable tale, in addition to her research in French and Italian archives, Zuccotti personally interviewed P鑽e Marie-Beno?, his family, Jewish rescuers with whom he worked, and survivors who owed their lives to his network.

Author: Susan Zuccotti
ISBN-10: 0253008530
ISBN-13: 9780253008534
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2013
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.30d
Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal Winner
Award: IndieFab awards - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/04/2013
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2013