RE: How Catholic was Hitler?
August 30, 2017 at 12:51 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2017 at 1:19 am by Amarok.)
In his chapter on the beginning of the tribulations for the Jews of Rome, John Cornwell explains that the trucks carting the Jews off to their deaths were driven right past St. Peter's square, so that the Roman Catholic soldiers on them could see the famous center of Catholicism. He also shows that contrary to the figment that Pope Pius XII had to fear NAZI retribution against him and his church, the German occupiers themselves didn't want to move against the Jews of Rome, because these German occupiers feared the reaction of the Italian Catholic population, which was very sympathetic to the Jews. Pope Pius refused to intervene on behalf of the Jews of Rome even though the leadership of the German occupation itself was urging him to protest publicly and to register his objections with Berlin.
Instead, five days later this entry appears in the meticulously kept log at Auschwitz: "Transport, Jews from Rome.
No defender your the one who peddles lies and denials . It's a fact he congratulated Hitler on his birthday .
Instead, five days later this entry appears in the meticulously kept log at Auschwitz: "Transport, Jews from Rome.
No defender your the one who peddles lies and denials . It's a fact he congratulated Hitler on his birthday .
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