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Article: Bishop rented property for concentration camp. (World).(Bishop Paolo Galeazzi)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- February 22, 2002
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ITALY: An Italian bishop rented out a wing of his diocesan seminary to house a concentration camp for Jews during World War II, according to documents recently placed on exhibit in Italy.
Camp survivors recounted that conditions were not harsh and the bishop used to visit camp inmates, handing out gifts and playing with the children. But 46 of the prisoners eventually were deported to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
The story was reported by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera in mid-February.
Another Italian newspaper reported that the bishop was credited with saving a number of Jews during the war, and that he later claimed to have ...