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Pius XII and the Holocaust - Understanding the Controversy (Paperback)
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Pius XII and the Holocaust - Understanding the Controversy (Paperback)
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Pope Pius XII's alleged silence in the face of the destruction of
the European Jews during World War II has been the subject of a
fierce controversy that has continued unabated ever since Rolf
Hochhuth's ""The Deputy"" made the charge in 1963. Numerous critics
have accused Pius of everything from deliberate anti-Semitism to
collusion with the Nazi regime, while equally partisan defenders
have argued that his silent diplomacy saved hundreds of thousands
of Jews and other innocent victims from Nazi terror. So contentious
has Pius' role become that the phrase ""the silence of Pius XII""
has taken on a life of its own, beyond the facts. In this
accessible work, Jose M. Sanchez offers a new approach to the
controversy. He discusses the reasons given for Pius' behaviour by
the significant authors who have contributed to the dispute and
evaluates their findings in the light of the published documents.
He studies the controversial events that critics have cited to
prove their contentions about the Pope, from his role in the
negotiation of the German concordat of 1933 to the end of World War
II in 1945. Sanchez provides a full examination of Pius' public and
private comments on the war and the destruction of the European
Jews. This analysis moves outside the traditional views to rephrase
the issues. It summarizes the basic charges and defenses and also
presents a full treatment of Pius' personality in the context of
the institutional framework within which he operated. With a
conclusion that summarizes the findings and offers the author's
judgment on the issues, this study should enable readers to
evaluate and understand one of the most heated controversies of
modern times.
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