Description
Book SynopsisShows that without effective church leadership under Pius XII, Catholics acted ambiguously during the Holocaust--some saving Jews, others helping Hitler murder them, the majority simply standing by
Trade ReviewPhayer insists that the failures and deficiencies of Pius XII's leadership ought not lead to a simplistic condemnation. He looks carefully at the record of the pope as well as those of bishops, the church, and individual Catholics, and concludes that the record is mixed and complex. This reviewer recommends Phayer's text as the appropriate choice for all libraries having an interest in issues relating to the Holocaust. May 2001
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Table of ContentsContents
Introduction
1. Catholic Attitudes Toward Jews Before the Holocaust
2. Genocide before the Holocaust: Poland, 1939
3. Genocide before the Holocaust: Croatia, 1941
4. The Holocaust and the Priorities of Pope Pius XII
5. In the Eye of the Storm: German Bishops and the Holocaust
6. European Bishops and the Holocaust
7. Catholic Rescue Efforts during the Holocaust
8. Answering for the Holocaust: The United States Confronts Germany
9. The Holocaust and the Priorities of Pope Pius XII during the Cold War
10. Catholics and Jews after the Holocaust
11. The Holocaust Recalled, Antisemitism Renounced: The Second Vatican Council
12. Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
