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Jerusalem, Israel, Nov 28, 2012 \/ 12:12 am (CNA<\/a>).- Israel\u2019s official Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem has named the World War II-era Archbishop of Florence, Cardinal Elia Dalla Costa, as \u201cRighteous Among the Nations\u201d for his help in rescuing hundreds of Jews from Nazi persecution.<\/p>\n

\tYad Vashem said on Nov. 26 that the cardinal \u201cplayed a central role in the organization and operation of a widespread rescue network.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Nazis began to deport Jews after the German occupation of Italy in September 1943. A major rescue effort in Florence was begun by the city\u2019s Jewish leader Rabbi Nathan Cassuto and Jewish resistance fighter Raffaele Cantoni. The operation soon became a joint Jewish-Christian effort, with the cardinal offering guidance.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Dalla Costa recruited rescuers among the clergy and supplied letters asking monasteries and convents to shelter Jews. He sheltered Jewish refugees in his own palace for short periods before they could be taken to safety.<\/p>\n

\tYad Vashem said the cardinal was part of a network that helped save hundreds of local Jews and Jewish refugees from areas previously under Italian control.<\/p>\n

\tSurvivor Lya Quitt testified that she received help from the cardinal after she fled to Florence from France in September 1943. She was brought to the cardinal\u2019s palace and spent the night with other Jews sheltered there before rescuers took them to different convents in the city.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal died in 1961 at the age of 89. The cardinal\u2019s medal will be kept at the Yad Vashem memorial in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

\tYad Vashem has honored over 24,000 people with the medal in recognition of their \u201cextraordinary courage to uphold human values.\u201d Other Catholic honorees include Latvian priest Fr. Kasimir Vilnis, who was honored in 2008.<\/p>\n

\tControversy over the actions of the Catholic Church during the Holocaust has often focused on Pope Pius XII. Some critics contend the wartime Pope did not do enough to speak out against the persecution of Jews.<\/p>\n

\tThe Pope\u2019s defenders point to his numerous actions behind the scenes that helped save persecuted Jews.<\/p>\n

\tUntil earlier this year, the Yad Vashem memorial\u2019s exhibit on Pope Pius XII mainly echoed his critics, saying the Pope \u201cdid not protest\u201d the murder of Jews.<\/p>\n

\tThe memorial has since changed the exhibit panel, citing recent research. It acknowledges the Pope\u2019s condemnation of ethnic persecution and the efforts of the Holy See to save Jews. It notes Pius XII defenders who say official Catholic neutrality prevented harsher measures against the Catholic Church and allowed more covert rescue efforts to succeed.<\/p>\n

\tThe exhibit still criticizes \u201ca lack of clear guidance\u201d and instances of silence from the Vatican during the Nazi era.<\/p>\n

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