Herbert Kappler: Difference between revisions
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=== Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty === | === Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty === | ||
[[File:Hugh O'Flaherty.jpg | [[File:Hugh O'Flaherty.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Photo of Hugh O'Flarerty, one of the (ex) enemies of Herbert Kappler.|center]] | ||
He is best remembered for trying to stop Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest helping Jews and Allied survive the Nazi regime in Rome. Kappler even tried breaking the neutrality rules in the Vatican by trying to assassinate O'Flaherty, which never succeeded. | He is best remembered for trying to stop Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty, a Catholic priest helping Jews and Allied survive the Nazi regime in Rome. Kappler even tried breaking the neutrality rules in the Vatican by trying to assassinate O'Flaherty, which never succeeded. | ||
=== Capture and prison life === | === Capture and prison life === | ||
[[File: | [[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|288x288px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]] | ||
Kappler was arrested by the Allies for his actions during his rule in Rome. Kappler stayed in prison, his wife divorced him and refused to have his children visit him. His only visitor was his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty. The two started to become friends, where they discussing literature and religion. In 1959, a remorseful Kappler converted to the Catholic church thus ending his atheist beliefs. In 1972, Kappler later married a nurse named Anneliese Kappler. | Kappler was arrested by the Allies for his actions during his rule in Rome. Kappler stayed in prison, his wife divorced him and refused to have his children visit him. His only visitor was his old enemy Hugh O'Flaherty. The two started to become friends, where they discussing literature and religion. In 1959, a remorseful Kappler converted to the Catholic church thus ending his atheist beliefs. In 1972, Kappler later married a nurse named Anneliese Kappler. | ||