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Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy

Door Susan Zuccotti

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#380663-UC7
Titel	Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy
Auteur	Zuccotti, Susan
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2000
ISBN10	0300084870
ISBN13	9780300084870
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Pope Pius XII has often been criticized for his silence during the extermination of European Jewry during World War II. In his defense, some have alleged that the pope was doing a great deal to help the Jews but that his efforts were necessarily behind the scenes. This meticulously researched and balanced book examines exactly what the pope, his advisers, and his assistants at the Vatican Secretariat of State did to help the Jews of Italy. It finds that they did very little. The book begins by discussing prewar Vatican and Jesuit publications, in which Zuccotti uncovers a hitherto unsuspected prevalence of anti-Jewish sentiment. These publications, along with archival documents, indicate that Vatican protests against Italian anti-Jewish laws were limited to measures affecting converts a... (Lees verder)nd Jews in mixed marriages with Catholics, as was help with emigration; the papal nuncio? s visits to foreign Jews in Italian internment camps did not differ from those to non-Jews and in no way eased their material discomfort; and interventions by diplomats of the Holy See for Jews threatened with deportation were rare, always polite, and seldom decisive. Above all, Zuccotti finds no evidence of a papal directive to church institutions to shelter Jews and much evidence to suggest that the pope remained uninvolved. The notion that Pius XII was benevolent and helpful to Jews behind the scenes proves to be a myth. Minder lezen
Pagina's	408
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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