The Pope and the Holocaust (2024)

  • NR
  • 10/08/2024 (DE)
  • Documentary, History, War
  • 53m

Overview

Why was Pope Pius XII, head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 silent about the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis? Accused of a complacent approach to the fascist horror in Europe during the Second World War, present-day Pope Francis opened the Vatican archives from the time in 2020.

Christel Fomm

Director

Christian Feyerabend

Writer

Cast

Hildegard Meier's headshot

Hildegard Meier

Narrator (voice)
David I. Kertzer's headshot

David I. Kertzer

Self
Klaus Kühlwein's headshot

Klaus Kühlwein

Self
Emma Fattorini's headshot

Emma Fattorini

Self
Pius XII.'s headshot

Pius XII.

Self (archive footage)

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