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Traces the events leading to the roundup of the Jews which took place on 16 October 1943 in Rome, carried out by the Nazi occupiers, in which more than 1,000 Jews were detained and deported to the camps. Indicates contradictions in Pope Pius XII's policy regarding the roundup of Jews in Rome on that date and his actions during the following weeks. On the one hand, the Pope reacted to the roundup by means of his soft-spoken diplomacy toward the Nazis, which consisted of avoiding provocations, maintaining neutrality, and refraining from public declarations, protests, or denouncements; this policy was aimed at "preventing things from becoming worse". The only initiative he took was to express his dissatisfaction with the roundup to the German ambassador, Ernst von Weizsäcker, and to the commandant of Rome, Reiner von Stahel. On the other hand, a week later, the Pope ordered a large operation to save the surviving Jews by sheltering them in monasteries, churches, Catholic schools, and Vatican facilities. Strongly disagrees with the recent efforts of the Catholic Church, and especially of Pope Benedict XVI, to establish a myth of "Pius XII, the savior of Jews", and to consider only one

Author

Klaus Kühlwein

Publisher

epubli. ein Imprint der Neopubli GmbH

Published

2013

Language

DE

ISBN

9783844254532

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities