This book was a winner of the 2000 National Jewish Book Award for Jewish-Christian Relations. "What did Pope Pius XII, his advisors, and his assistants at the Vatican do to help the Jews of Italy during World War II? This meticulously researched and balanced book finds that, despite the persistent myth that the pope worked from behind the scenes to help the Jews, he and those around him actually did very little." "An authoritative, balanced and, in the end, devastating indictment of moral failure on the part of the Church as an institution." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) 408 pages including an index and notes. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

PIUS XII POPE 1876 1958 JEWS PERSECUTION ITALY HOLOCAUST CATHOLIC CHURCH RELATIONS ANTISEMITISM WORLD WAR II NAZI