WWII history program

The WWII History in February Program “What did you do in the War, Sister?” will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m., at Rec West Enrichment Center, 965 Miamisburg-Centerville Road. This free presentation is open to the public. Reservations not required. Donations welcome. Enjoy refreshments starting at 6:30 p.m. and the program from 7-8 p.m. in the auditorium.

Author and University of Dayton Law Professor, Dennis Turner, will discuss his book about how Sister Christina and her fellow nuns bravely risked their lives by hiding refugees, reporting German troop movements, and concealing downed American airmen as a part of the Belgian Resistance. They believed their ordeal was over in September 1944 when American troops liberated Saint-Hubert. That hope was crushed, however, when Saint-Hubert was recaptured by the German army during the Battle of the Bulge, forcing them to endure intense American bombing while sharing a cellar with German Stormtroopers. Dennis Turner’s friend, Sister

Kim Dalgarn, the archivist for the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Cincinnati, discovered in the back of a file cabinet a treasure trove of letters and other archival documents written by the sisters during, or shortly after, the war. These letters were the basis for the book, “What did you do in the war, Sister?”

For more information, call Centerville-Washington History at 937433-0123 or visit centervillewashingtonhistory.org.

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