Italian priest who saved Jews in WWII beatified

Talijanski svećenik koji je spasio Židove proglašen je blaženim

An Italian priest who was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp because of his efforts to save Jews during World War II was recently beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. Father Giuseppe Girotti, whom Yad Vashem declared a Righteous Among the Nations in 1995, was beatified April 26 at a ceremony in the town of Alba, in northern Italy.

“Risking his life, Girotti acted according to his values and religious beliefs, arranging safe hideouts and organizing escape routes from the country,” the Yad Vashem website states

Talijanski svećenik,  koji je ubijen u Dachau koncentracijskom logoru zbog svojih  napora da spasi Židove u toku II. svjetskog rata,  je proglašen blaženim od  Rimokatoličke crkve. Otac Giuseppe Girotti, kojega je Yad Vashem 1995. proglasio Pravednikom među narodima , proglašen je blaženim 26. travnja na ceremoniji u gradu Alba u sjevernoj Italiji.

Girotti je ugrozio svoj život jer djelovao  prema svojim shvaćanjima vrijednosti i religije te je  našao  sigurna skloništa za Židove i  organizirao njihove "rute" za bijeg iz zemlje..