Honour for Ireland’s ‘Oscar Schindler’

AN UNSUNG Irish war hero credited with saving thousands of lives is to be honoured with an international humanitarian award in his name.

Honour for Ireland’s ‘Oscar Schindler’

The memory of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, dubbed Ireland’s Oscar Schindler, will be immortalised by the new Killarney International Humanitarian Award, which will be launched during a memorial weekend in Kerry next month.

While based in the Vatican during World War II, Monsignor O’Flaherty set up a network of safe houses throughout Rome and surrounds.

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