Quote of the day: 3 February

Pere Jacques with kids closeup
Father Jacques of Jesus, O.C.D. (Lucien Bunel) | Credit: Discalced Carmelites

“If, per chance, I should be killed, would I not thereby bequeath to my students an example worth far more than all the teaching I could give?”#OTD 3 February 1944 the 3 Jewish boys that Father Jacques had hidden in his school were deported to Auschwitz
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— Yad Vashem (@yadvashem) February 3, 2020

 

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