ART MOMENT #ARTMOMENT: Shana Tova! This is the beginning of the Jewish New Year, #RoshHashanah. During the Nazi Occupation of Italy, #Assisi established an underground network to protect several hundred Jews who were in danger of being deported by Nazis. Churches, monasteries and convents of Assisi served as a safe haven, while the local printing press was used secretly at night to print papers of transit. Not a single refugee was captured in Assisi. #FatherRufinoNiccacci #SanDamiano #AssisiNetwork #ColonelValentinMüller #ARTMOMENT: Shana Tova! Questo è l’inizio dell’anno nuovo ebreo, #RoshHashanah. Durante l’occupazione tedesca dell’Italia, #Assisi organizzò un modo per salvare diverse centinaia di Ebrei, in pericolo di essere deportati dai Nazisti nei campi di concentramenento. Chiese, monasteri e conventi di Assisi vennero usati come un rifugio sicuro, mentre, nelle ore notturne, venivano stampati documenti falsi con la stampante utilizzata per produrre i giornali locali. Non un singolo ebreo venne catturato ad Assisi. #FatherRufinoNiccacci #SanDamiano #AssisiNetwork #ColonelValentinMüller A post shared by Cecilia Snyder (@cecysnyder) on Sep 21, 2017 at 8:38am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Advertisements Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)MoreClick to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to email (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...