Viterbi event in Mediterranean Jewish Studies

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The Pope at War: The Continuing Controversy over the Silence of Pope Pius XII during the Shoah – David I. Kertzer

Pope Pius XII’s decision not to speak out against the German attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe has long generated bitter controversy. The opening of the Vatican archives for his papacy in 2020 permits new insight into the reasons why the pope acted as he did. Focusing on the pope’s actions in October 1943 […]

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