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George Higgins Medal of Freedom Narrative, 8-9-2000 (29)

Letter from Eugenio Pacelli to the US Bishops, January 9, 1939

Tags: 1930s, Nazism, Pope Pius XII, Refugees

Memorandum of Understanding between the Vatican Emigration Office and War Relief Services- NCWC

Tags: 1940s, Displaced Persons, Refugees, Resettlement

"An Appeal for Catholic Refugees from Germany," October 1938.

Tags: 1930s, Nazism, Refugees, Relief

Scientists Ludwig Prandtl, Qian Xuesen, and Theodore von Karman

Left to right: Ludwig Prandtl (German scientist), Qian Xuesen (Chinese scientist), Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian-American scientist). Prandtl served for Germany; von Kármán and Qian served for US Army; after 1955, Qian served for China (Qian was…

Daughters of Charity nursing staff

Workers loading crates

Donnelly, Higgins, and Bank on picket line

Father John Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, left, Bishop Joseph Donnelly, center, and Monsignor George Higgins, right, stand on picket line with farm workers in Coachella Valley.