We Remember? The Catholic Church and the Holocaust
The furore surrounding the response of the Catholic Church and especially Pope Pius XII to the Holocaust shows no sign of abating. Scholars are as likely to proclaim Pius XII the great defender of Jewish interests during the Second World War as they are to find him ‘Hitler’s Pope’ and enthusiastic s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2011
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Religion compass
Year: 2011, Volume: 5, Issue: 11, Pages: 675-684 |
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| Summary: | The furore surrounding the response of the Catholic Church and especially Pope Pius XII to the Holocaust shows no sign of abating. Scholars are as likely to proclaim Pius XII the great defender of Jewish interests during the Second World War as they are to find him ‘Hitler’s Pope’ and enthusiastic supporter of Nazi antisemitism. This article surveys the scholarship in this area, and demonstrates that this is a discourse concerned with more than just a narrow past. It is concerned with much broader issues such as the fundamental relationship between Christianity, antisemitism and National Socialism, but it is also a conflict concerned with how we access the past, about what represents moral action, and about the purpose of the Catholic Church in the world today. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00311.x |