The Vatican's archive on help to Jews during WWII now fully available
Vatican completes full online publication of record about requests to aid Jews during Pius XII's pontificate
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Vatican completes full online publication of record about requests to aid Jews during Pius XII's pontificate
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Thousands of records detailing requests to the Vatican made by Jewish people persecuted by the Nazis will be made available online to the public, the Vatican announced. In a statement released June 23, the Vatican said universal access to the documentation, which has been available to researchers since March 2020, was made 'at the request of the Holy Father.' The documentation, titled 'Ebrei' ('Jews'), aims 'to preserve the petitions for help from Jewish people all over E
Pope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of its Jewish files from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, the Vatica...
A Vatican archive of 2,700 cases of requests for help by Jewish people has renewed a debate on Pope Pius XII's legacy. Some Jewish groups criticize Pius claiming he remained silent in the face of the Holocaust.
Pope Francis receives a facsimile of a 1919 letter by Adolf Hitler for the Vatican archives during an audience with a delegation of Simon Wiesenthal Center at the Vatican, June 22, 2022. / Vatican Media Denver Newsroom, Jun 23, 2022 / 18:00 pm ...