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=== Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty ===

[[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.[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]]

=== Capture and prison life ===

~~[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|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.[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]

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.

=== Death ===

~~[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]~~

In 1975, Kappler was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After Italy denied appeals to have him be with Anneliese at her home in Soltau (West Germany), she carried him out in a large suitcase and escaped to West Germany. The Italians demanded that Kappler is returned, but the West Germany authorities refused to extradite him. Six months after the escape, Herbert Kappler died in his wife's home on February 9th 1978.

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 === Persecution of Archbishop Hugh O'Flaherty ===
 [[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.[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|Herbert Kappler on trial during May 1948.]]
 === Capture and prison life ===
-[[File:Kappler_on_trial.jpg|left|thumb|258x258px|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.[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]
-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.
 === Death ===
-[[File:Old Kappler.jpg|thumb|194x194px|An old Herbert Kappler resting on his bed.]]
 In 1975, Kappler was diagnosed with terminal cancer. After Italy denied appeals to have him be with Anneliese at her home in Soltau (West Germany), she carried him out in a large suitcase and escaped to West Germany. The Italians demanded that Kappler is returned, but the West Germany authorities refused to extradite him. Six months after the escape, Herbert Kappler died in his wife's home on February 9th 1978.
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 [[Category:Barbarians]]
 [[Category:Mastermind]]
+[[Category:In love]]
 [[Category:Fallen Heroes]]