Talk:Hugh O'Flaherty

Conversion of Kappler to Catholicism

Not sure if this counts as a valid source for a cite, but the conversion was mentioned in the BBC Radio Play 'The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican' which was broadcast on Thursday 30th November 2006 on BBC Radio 4. A link to the programme listing can be found at http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=55&programmeId=52642195&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details.jsp

Is this a valid cite? If so can someone fix the article?91.84.13.71 22:33, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

book reference provided ClemMcGann 10:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Chetta Chevalier

have we a reference for Chetta Chevalier? a lot of people helped him. Chetta Chevalier was one of many. If we haven't a reference, I'm inclinded to delete ClemMcGann 10:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Righteous among nations?

On Yad Vashems virtual Wall of honour (listing all Righteous among nations) (see [1])I cannot find O'Flaherty. Could someone provide a source for this claim? Gugganij (talk) 20:48, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

It is mentioned in the relevant section of this biography: http://www.geocities.com/msgr_hughoflaherty/index.html

I have seen other references to this, but don't have them at hand at the moment. Hohenloh ⁺ 02:01, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

I would assume Yad Vashem knows exactly whom they have named Righteous. Based on that and my inability to find even less strong evidence for this, I'm removing it. I can't access his New York Times obit, but the most complete site I can find about him neglects to mention what would be a very important honor. This 2009 interview only claims that "a file is open". As for the reference, I've searched the archives of both the "real" Irish Examiner and a US-based paper of the same name and turned up nothing more than a letter to the editor.Noophilic (talk) 06:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

I found myself researching this also. Robyn Rosen's story in the Jewish Chronicle Online asserts it (see [2]), but Yad Vashem's site doesn't list him. I've tweeted Ms. Rosen to find out more.Ledelste (talk) 23:42, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Last two paragraphs of the World War Two details

According to Stephen Walker's 'Hide and Seek', Pietro Koch, a leader of the Italian police in Rome, approached O'Flaherty to hide his wife and mother in the Escape Line. O'Flaherty agreed, but insisted on the release of two captured Escape Line members (Lieutenant Bill Simpson and Captain John Armstrong) held in Regina Coeli prison. Simpson was freed, but Armstrong was shot outside Rome, under the pretence of being transported to a concentration camp.

The last two paragraphs of the article appear to be based on the TV film 'The Scarlet and the Black'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaithiOMurichu (talk • contribs) 17:03, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

The "only English-speaking embassy to remain open"

That is the Irish Embassy to the Vatican.
But the next paragraph mentions the "British Ambassador".
How are those statements reconcilable? When an embassy is closed, its ambassador is recalled.
Varlaam (talk) 06:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I suppose that it means that the Irish embassy was the only English-speaking embassy (to the Holy See) located in Rome (i.e. outside Vatican territory). Under normal circumstances all embassies to the Holy See are not within the Vatican (due to its minuscule area). However, during the war, countries with diplomatic relations with the Holy See but in a state of war with the Axis powers moved to the Vatican, where they were alloted some rooms which functioned as their embassy. Gugganij (talk) 23:34, 15 August 2012 (UTC)