Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War

by Michael Phayer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253349303
• ISBN13: 9780253349309
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher