The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War

by Jacques Kornberg

Book Overview

Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the most challenging moments in its history. Elected in early 1939, Pius XII spoke out against war and destruction, but his refusal to condemn Nazi Germany and its allies for mass atrocities and genocide remains controversial almost seventy years after the end of the Second World War.

Scholars have blamed Pius's inaction on anti-communism, antisemitism, a special emotional bond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442628286
• ISBN13: 9781442628281
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher