STUDIES: “Helping the Jews is not an easy thing to do.” Vatican Holocaust Policy: Continuity or Change? Cover Image

STUDIA: „Udzielanie pomocy Żydom nie jest rzeczą łatwą”. Polityka Watykanu wobec Zagłady – ciągłość czy zmiana?
STUDIES: “Helping the Jews is not an easy thing to do.” Vatican Holocaust Policy: Continuity or Change?

Author(s): Michael Phayer
Subject(s): History
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: Pius XII; Holocaust; Catholic Church – Judaism relations

Summary/Abstract: The response of Pope Pius XII to the Holocaust has been discussed since the Holocaust itself. A crucial episode was the events of October 16, 1943, when the SS seized more than one thousand Roman Jews and the Pope did little about it. The historiography has highlighted this “Under His Very Windows” drama. This article suggests that a number of issues weighing heavily on Pius at that time inhibited his response.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 70-103
  • Page Count: 34
  • Language: Polish
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