Giuseppe Ramiro Marcone (1882, San Pietro Infine, Italy – 1952, Montevergine) was a Benedictine abbot. He was ordained in 1906 and appointed Abbot of

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, Italy in 1918. He served an

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to Croatia during World War II, in which capacity he worked on behalf of the

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for the protection of Croatian Jews. In 1941, Pope

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dispatched Marcone as Apostolic Visitor to Nazi-aligned

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, in order to assist Archbishop

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and the Croatian Episcopate in "combating the evil influence of neo-pagan propaganda which could be exercised in the organization of the new state". Marcone served as Nuncio in all but name.Phayer, Michael. 2000. ''The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965''. Indianapolis:

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; pp. 32, 85; He reported to Rome on the deteriorating conditions for Croatian Jews, made representations on behalf of the Jews to Croatian officials, and transported Jewish children to safety in neutral Turkey. However, he made no efforts on behalf of Serb victims of the

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. When deportation of Croatian Jews began, Stepinac and Marcone protested to

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. In his study of rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust, Martin Gilbert wrote, "In the Croatian capital of Zagreb, as a result of intervention by arconeon behalf of Jewish partners in mixed marriages, a thousand Croat Jews survived the war.Gilbert, Martin. ''The Righteous - The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust'', Doubleday; 2002; ; pg. 203.

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Holy See's apostolic visitor intervened on behalf of Croatian Jews in WWII
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