The Vatican’s decoration of the Order of Pius was awarded today to Dr. L. J. F. Wysenbeek,s a Jew, who is director of The Hague Museum. The award was made by the Papal Nuncio to Holland in appreciation of Dr. Wysenbeek’s arranging of an exhibition at the museum of Vatican pictures and manuscripts.
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