{"id":78083,"date":"2026-03-25T03:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=78083"},"modified":"2026-03-25T03:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T03:05:32","slug":"the-good-maharaja-who-sheltered-polish-children-during-world-war-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/the-good-maharaja-who-sheltered-polish-children-during-world-war-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Il buon Maharaja che diede rifugio ai bambini polacchi durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The 1941 Sikorski-Mayski agreement between the Soviet Union and Poland resulted in the release of tens of thousands of Polish prisoners of war held in the Gulag and other Soviet camps. Their number included thousands of displaced children, many of whom were orphans. No one wanted these children; they couldn\u2019t return to Nazi-occupied Poland, and the Soviet Union didn\u2019t want them. Thanks to one man from a small princely state in India, their future became secured.The unexpected intervention of Jam\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1941 Sikorski-Mayski agreement between the Soviet Union and Poland resulted in the release of tens of thousands of Polish prisoners of war held in the Gulag and other Soviet camps. Their number included thousands of displaced children, many of whom were orphans. No one wanted these children; they couldn\u2019t return to Nazi-occupied Poland, and the Soviet Union didn\u2019t want them. Thanks to one man from a small princely state in India, their future became secured.The unexpected intervention of Jam\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":83630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-78083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77175,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/father-adam-sztark-the-polish-jesuit-who-died-saving-jewish-children\/","url_meta":{"origin":78083,"position":0},"title":"Father Adam Sztark: The Polish Jesuit who died saving Jewish children","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Marzo 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a place more synonymous with depravity than probably any other corner of the earth, was marked in January.Amid the horrors of World War II, there were sunbeams of Christian heroism.One few have heard of is the Polish Jesuit martyr Father Adam Sztark (1907\u20131942), who used his wits and mastery of disguise to perform spiritual and corporal acts of mercy despite the persistent threat of death.On Sept. 1, 1939, World War II broke\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Father Adam Sztark: The Polish Jesuit who died saving Jewish children","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Father-Adam-Sztark-The-Polish-Jesuit-who-died-saving-Jewish-children.png?fit=921%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20055,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/how-st-john-paul-ii-helped-bring-down-the-berlin-wall-35-years-later\/","url_meta":{"origin":78083,"position":1},"title":"How St. John Paul II helped bring down the Berlin Wall: 35 years later","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Novembre 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Pope John Paul II. \/ Credit: Gregorini Demetrio, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, Nov 9, 2024 \/ 11:00 am (CNA). 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