Pope Pius XII, Roman Catholic policy, and the Holocaust in Hungary: an analysis of "Le Saint Siege et les victimes de la guerre, janvier 1944- juillet 1945"
TitlePope Pius XII, Roman Catholic policy, and the Holocaust in Hungary: an analysis of "Le Saint Siege et les victimes de la guerre, janvier 1944- juillet 1945"
Author
Call number262.13/0022
Object number00328i
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherLeicester University Press
Year of publication
2002
Physical descriptionpp154-174
MaterialArticle
ISBN0718502752
NotesArticle from the book 'Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust" pp154-174
Description
Morley probes records to grasp the Holy See's stance towards developments late in the Holocaust - specifically those surrounding the Nazi onslaught against the Hungarian Jews, which began in 1944. Assessing what Pius knew about these developments and how he reacted to them, Morley emphasizes that there were instances when the pope intervened publicly, but the nature of those instances leads to questioning when Pius' actions are evaluated