Language:
Italian
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
L'assurdo di Auschwitz
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1998) 123-240
Keywords:
Pius
;
Catholic Church History 20th century
;
Antisemitism History 1922-1945
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Catholic Church
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Christianity and antisemitism History
Abstract:
Summarizes, briefly, the history of antisemitism in Europe, and then focuses on Italy in modern times. Contends that antisemitism in Italy was limited to the Church; it did not spread amongst the populace. The Church's antisemitism increased after 1870 as a consequence of the wave of liberalism and secularism in Italian society, for which the Jews were held responsible. In the 1930s-40s, the traditional anti-Judaism of the Church was an obstacle for understanding the tragedy which befell the Jews with the rise of Nazism. Discusses the stance of Pope Pius XII and the policy of the Vatican regarding the persecution and mass murder of Europe's Jews. The Vatican and the episcopate maintained a policy of extreme silence due to the Pope's determination to avoid clashes with Hitler and to keep the Church out of the conflict. Suggests that the fascist Italian state changed its policy and turned against the Jews in the 1930s as a result of Mussolini's attempts to resolve Italy's international problems.
Note:
Appeared in Spanish as "La Shoá, la Iglesia; introducción histórica" in "El absurdo de Auschwitz y el misterio de la cruz" (2000) 121-197.
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