The Pope at War
The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler
(Sprache: Englisch)
Filled with discoveries, this is the dramatic story of Pope Pius XII's struggle to response to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Nazi domination of Europe.
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Filled with discoveries, this is the dramatic story of Pope Pius XII's struggle to response to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Nazi domination of Europe.
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Filled with discoveries, this is the dramatic story of Pope Pius XII's struggle to respond to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Nazi domination of Europe.The Pope at War is the third in a trilogy of books about the papacy's response to the rise of Fascism and Nazism. It tells the dramatic story of Pope Pius XII's struggle to respond to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and the ongoing Nazi attempts to exterminate the Jews of Europe. It is the first book dealing with the war to make extensive use of the newly opened Vatican archives for the war years. It is based, as well, on thousands of documents from the Italian, German, French, British, and American archives. Among the many new discoveries brought to light is the discovery that within weeks of becoming pope in 1939, Pius XII entered into secret negotiations with Hitler through Hitler's emissary, a Nazi Prince who was married to the daughter of the King of Italy and who was very close to Hitler. The negotiations were kept so secret that not even the German ambassador to the Holy See was informed of them. The book also offers new insight into the thinking behind Pius XII's decision to maintain good relations with the German government during the war, including keeping the Germans happy while they occupied Rome in 1943-1944. And throughout, David I. Kertzer shows the active role of the Italian Church hierarchy in promoting the Axis war while the pope, who as bishop of Rome was responsible for the Italian hierarchy, offered his silent blessings and cast his public speeches in such a way that both sides could claim support for their cause.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Pope at War “
- Prologue: The Twisted Cross
- PART ONE: WAR CLOUDS
- 1: Death of a Pope
- 2: The Conclave
- 3: Appealing to the Führer
- 4: The Peacemaker
- 5: 'Please do not talk to me about Jews'
- 6: The Nazi Prince
- 7: Saving Face
- 8: War Begins
- 9: The Prince Returns
- 10: A Papal Curse
- 11: Man of Steel
- 12: A Problematic Visitor
- PART TWO: ON THE PATH TO AXIS VICTORY
- 13: An Inopportune Time
- 14: An Honorable Death
- 15: A Short War
- 16: Surveillance
- 17: The Feckless Ally
- 18: The Greek Fiasco
- 19: A New World Order
- 20: Hitler to the Rescue
- 21: The Crusade
- 22: A New Prince
- 23: Best to Say Nothing
- PART THREE: CHANGING FORTUNES
- 24: Escaping Blame
- 25: Papal Premiere
- 26: Disaster Foretold
- 27: A Thorny Problem
- 28: An Awkward Request
- 29: The Good Nazi
- 30: Deposing the Duce
- 31: Musical Chairs
- 32: Betrayal
- PART FOUR: THE SKY TURNED BLACK
- 33: Fake News
- 34: The Pope's Jews
- 35: Baseless Rumours
- 36: Treason
- 37: A Gratifying Sight
- 38: Malevolent Reports
- 39: A Gruesome End
- Epilogue
- Final Thoughts: The Silence of the Pope
Autoren-Porträt von David I. Kertzer
David I. Kertzer is Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University, where he served as Paul Dupree, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, and from 2006 to 2011 as provost. He is the author of twelve books, including The Pope and Mussolini, also published by OUP and winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for biography; The Pope Who Would Be King (OUP, 2018), The Popes Against the Jews, a finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize; and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997. He has twice been awarded the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies for the best book on Italian history, and in 2005 was elected to membership in the American Association of Arts and Sciences. He and his wife, Susan, live in Providence, Rhode Island, and Harpswell, Maine.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David I. Kertzer
- 2022, 672 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Maße: 16,2 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0192890735
- ISBN-13: 9780192890733
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.11.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Magnificent... Kertzer is a gifted writer ... He is also to be congratulated on avoiding polemic. It would have been easy, given the evidence, to have suffused the pages with moral outrage. But because he lays the facts bare and presents all sides of the argument, he lets readers come to their own conclusion. And that conclusion ought to be a devastating one ... What a tragedy, the reader might think after finishing this groundbreaking book, that the Pope did not "love" the Jews as much as he "loved" Germany. Laurence Rees, Daily Telegraph
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