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Pius XII, Hitler, and the Jews
08/10/2008
To most people he is best known for his failure to speak out clearly on behalf of Jews during the Holocaust, but he has regularly been defamed as a supporter of Hitler and an antisemite. On the 50th anniversary of his death we take another look at the wartime record of Pope Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli - with Dr. Paul O'Shea, the Australian author of a new book about Pius, A Cross too Heavy.
Pius XII, Hitler, and the Jews
08/10/2008
To most people he is best known for his failure to speak out clearly on behalf of Jews during the Holocaust, but he has regularly been defamed as a supporter of Hitler and an antisemite. On the 50th anniversary of his death we take another look at the wartime record of Pope Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli - with Dr. Paul O'Shea, the Australian author of a new book about Pius, A Cross too Heavy.
The Church and the Nazis
24/09/2008
They were known as 'brown priests' - the small and relatively marginalised group of Catholic priests who joined the Nazi Party. Some were personally close to Hitler, including the Benedictine abbot Albanus Schachleiter, who preached at Nazi rallies flanked by members of the SA, the Hitler youth, and swastika flags. Others left the Church to join the SS. All were a headache for their Bishops. American historian Kevin Spicer is visiting professor at Notre Dame University, and his book Hitler's Priests follows the careers of a dozen 'brown priests', examining their motives, the trouble they caused, and their eventual fate.
The Church and the Nazis
24/09/2008
They were known as 'brown priests' - the small and relatively marginalised group of Catholic priests who joined the Nazi Party. Some were personally close to Hitler, including the Benedictine abbot Albanus Schachleiter, who preached at Nazi rallies flanked by members of the SA, the Hitler youth, and swastika flags. Others left the Church to join the SS. All were a headache for their Bishops. American historian Kevin Spicer is visiting professor at Notre Dame University, and his book Hitler's Priests follows the careers of a dozen 'brown priests', examining their motives, the trouble they caused, and their eventual fate.
