Using newly available material from the U.S. National Archives, Michael Phayer sheds new light on the actions of the Vatican and of the man whom some have mistakenly called Hitler's Pope. As a new world war loomed, the Vatican believed it had to make a choice between communism and Nazism. Reluctantly, both Pius XII and his predecessor chose the Nazis as the lesser of two evils. In the balance rested the genocide of European Jews. As difficult as his wartime behavior is to accept, perhaps nothing demonstrates Pius's fear of communism more than his misguided and unethical attempt to thwart its growth in South America by abetting the escape of Nazis and Ustasi war criminals. The story of these Vatican ratlines adds another facet to the complex picture of Pius XII and the Holocaust.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-13
9780253349309
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95402560
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pius Xii, the Holocaust, and the Cold War
Author
Michael Phayer
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Religious History, Judaism
Publication Year
2007
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Item Weight
694g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael Phayer
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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