The office of war Information today reported from Switzerland that many members of the Italian clergy are sheltering Jews and escaped war prisoners and thus exposing themselves to Neo-Fascist reprisals. Several examples of the courage shown by priests and the persecution to which they are exposed were given by the Swiss newspaper Popolo e Liberta, the OWI said.
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