Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965

Name: Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965
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ISBN: 9780253214713

ISBN-10: 0253214718

ISBN-13: 9780253214713

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael Phayer

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Throwing the spotlight relentlessly on Pius XIIHitler's Popehas skewed the question surrounding Catholicism and the Holocaust, depriving us of a record of what the entire church did or did not do. Such a record is provided for the first time in the Michael Phayer's compelling book. Phayer shows 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. After the Holocaust, with Pope John XXIII at the helm, the church moved swiftly to rid itself of centuries-long anti-semitic tradition.The Catholic Church's official silence during the Holocaust, its…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/22/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Michael Phayer, a recognized authority on the Catholic Church and the Holocaust, is Emeritus Professor of History at Marquette University and the Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Holocaust Studies at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He is author of The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965 (IUP, 2000). He lives in Columbia, Maryland.



Table of Contents


Introduction



Catholic Attitudes Toward Jews Before the Holocaust



Genocide before the Holocaust: Poland, 1939



Genocide before the Holocaust: Croatia, 1941



The Holocaust and Priorities of Pope Pius XII



In the Eye of the Storm: German Bishops and the Holocaust



European Bishops and the Holocaust



Catholics and the Holocaust



Answering for the Holocaust



The Holocaust and the Priorities of Pope Pius XII during the Cold War



Catholics and Jews after the Holocaust



The Holocaust Recalled, Antisemitism Renounced: the Second Vatican Council



Epilogue


References


Index