Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust (2025)

  • NR
  • 01/23/2025 (DE)
  • Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • 53m

Overview

A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused of keeping a disconcerting and shameful silence.

Christel Fomm

Director

Christian Feyerabend

Writer

Cast

Hildegard Meier's headshot

Hildegard Meier

Self - Narrator (voice)
David I. Kertzer's headshot

David I. Kertzer

Self - Historian
Klaus Kühlwein's headshot

Klaus Kühlwein

Self - Catholic Theologist
Emma Fattorini's headshot

Emma Fattorini

Self - Historian
Pope Pius XII's headshot

Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini's headshot

Benito Mussolini

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler's headshot

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Myron Charles Taylor's headshot

Myron Charles Taylor

Self - Diplomat (archive footage)

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