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The Pope and the Holocaust

The Pope and the Holocaust

2024 53min DE

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.

director: Christel Fomm

cast: Hildegard Meier, David I. Kertzer, Klaus Kühlwein, Emma Fattorini

external: Website

Documentary

History

War

Credits

Hildegard Meier

Hildegard Meier

Narrator (voice)

David I. Kertzer

David I. Kertzer

Self

Klaus Kühlwein

Klaus Kühlwein

Self

Emma Fattorini

Emma Fattorini

Self

Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)

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