Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust / edited and introduced by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 9, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index.

Introduction : calls for help / Carol Rittner and John K. Roth -- A chronology about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust / Carol Rittner and John K. Roth -- Pius XII and the Holocaust : ten essential themes / Michael R. Marrus -- The papacy of Pius XII : the known and the unknown / John T. Pawlikowski -- What is known today : a brief review of the literature / Eugene J. Fisher -- Pius XII : a reappraisal / Sergio I. Minerbi -- An easy target? : the controversy about Pius XII and the Holocaust / Doris L. Bergen -- The spirituality of Pius XII / Eva Fleischner -- Crucifixion and Holocaust : the views of Pius XII and the Jews / Gershon Greenberg -- Pope Pius XII, Roman Catholic policy, and the Holocaust in Hungary : an analysis of Le Saint Siège et les victimes de la guerre, janvier 1944-juillet 1945 / John F. Morley -- Pope Pius XII and the Shoah / Richard L. Rubinstein -- Pope Pius XII and the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust : examining commonly accepted assertions / Susan Zuccotti -- Ethical questions about papal policy / Michael Phayer -- The Catholic-Jewish dialogue : a view from the grass roots / James J. Doyle -- "High ideals" and "innocuous reaction" : an American protestant's reflections on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust / John K. Roth -- Interfaith anguish / Albert Friedlander -- What kind of witness? / Carol Rittner -- Postscript : what we must remember / Carol Rittner and John K. Roth.

"This collaborative effort by a number of the world's leading experts on the Holocaust examines the question: how should Vatican policies during World War II be understood? Specifically, could Pope Pius XII have curbed the Holocaust by vigorously condemning the Nazi killing of Jews? Was Pius XII really 'Hitler's Pope', as John Cornwell suggested? Or has he unfairly become a scapegoat when he is really deserving of canonization as a saint? In Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, scholars including Michael Marrus, Michael Phayer, Richard L. Rubenstein and Susan Zuccotti wrestle with these questions. The book has four main themes: (1) Pope Pius XII must be understood in his particular historical context. (2) Pope Pius XII put the well-being of the Roman Catholic Church, as he understood it, first and foremost. (3) In retrospect, Pope Pius XII's priorities, understandable though they are, not only make him a problematic Christian leader but also raise important questions about post-Holocaust Christian identity. (4) Jewish and Christian memories of the Holocaust will remain different, but reconciliation can continue to grow. On all sides, relations between Christians and Jews can be improved by an honest engagement with history and by continuing reflection on what post-Holocaust Christian and Jewish identities ought and ought not to mean."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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