Jewish orphans controversy
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jewish-orphans-controversy-166-14191299
title:
Jewish orphans controversy
text:
The Jewish orphans controversy involved the custody of thousands of Jewish children after the end of World War II. Some Jewish children had been baptized while in the care of Catholic institutions or individual Catholics during the war. Such baptisms allowed children to be identified as Catholics to avoid deportation and incarceration in concentration camps, and likely death in the Holocaust. After the end of hostilities, Catholic Church officials, either Pope Pius XII or other prelates, issued
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encyclopedia
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Custody dispute after World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_orphans_controversy
date created:
2009-04-27T23:48:52Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T03:21:36Z
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