The Popes Against the Jews
The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
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Publisher Description
In this meticulously researched, unflinching, and reasoned study, National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer presents shocking revelations about the role played by the Vatican in the development of modern anti-Semitism. Working in long-sealed Vatican archives, Kertzer unearths startling evidence to undermine the Church’s argument that it played no direct role in the spread of modern anti-Semitism. In doing so, he challenges the Vatican’s recent official statement on the subject, We Remember. Kertzer tells an unsettling story that has stirred up controversy around the world and sheds a much-needed light on the past.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A number of excellent studies have recently addressed the political and social role of the Catholic Church in Europe during the Holocaust. Along comes a book that explores the church's role in setting the stage for that Holocaust. If the title of The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism isn't enough of a hint, David Kertzer spells out his thesis in the introduction: Although "the Vatican never approved the extermination of the Jews... the teachings and actions of the Church, including those of the popes themselves, helped make it possible." Kertzer argues that centuries of the church's demonization of the Jews paved the way for genocide.
Customer Reviews
Lies!
None of the popes ever had policies of antisemitism. Pope Pius IX was a great and saintly pope. Nothing that he ever did was wrong. Pope Pius XII did everything in his power to help the Jews in World War II.
If this anti Catholic wants to do some real research, perhaps he might look into the people who invented atheistic Communism, who financed it, who murdered millions of Catholics under Communist regimes. Take a good look at Karl Marx, Trotsky, Yagoda, etc.