Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty 1898-1963
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty 1898-1963
Early YearsWhen in RomeAfter World War IIDramatisations
The O’Flaherty Family
It was the most gigantic game of hid
and seek
Herbert Kappler
Head of SS and Gestapo in Rome
June 1944 Allies arrived in Rome 6425 escapees were still alive
Of the 9400 Jews in Rome, 1007 had been shipped to Auschwitz
The rest, 5000 were hidden by the official Church3000 hidden in Castel Gandolfo
3700 hidden in Private Homes
These included Jews, British South Africians Russians and Greeks
This is you Life
February 1963 “Had it not been for this gallant gentleman, there
would have been no Rome Escape Organization”
Monsignor Hugh O Flaherty with Sam Derry and Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Show “THIS IS YOUR LIFE”
Memorial Society
Life size sculptor of the Monsignor to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of his death.
O’Flaherty’s niece: Pearl Dineen
Sculptor: Alan Ryan Hall