A provocative historical and moral analysis of the Catholic Church’s role in the Holocaust and its unfulfilled duty of repair.
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A provocative historical and moral analysis of the Catholic Church’s role in the Holocaust and its unfulfilled duty of repair.
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen cuts through the historical and moral fog to lay out the full extent of the Catholic Church's involvement in the Holocaust, transforming a narrow discussion fixated on Pope Pius XII into the long overdue investigation of the Church throughout Europe. He shows that the Church's and the Pope's complicity in the persecution of the Jews was much deeper than has been understood. The Church's leaders were fully aware of the persecutions. They did not speak out and urge resistanc...
will contain mild spoilers
No romantic or sexual content
Holocaust mass murder, gas chambers, and clergy roles in killings discussed
No profanity
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQIA+ representation
Central focus on Catholic doctrine, clergy, papacy, and Christian antisemitism
No fantasy magic or witchcraft
No occult or demonology content
Moral-political indictment of Church complicity; argues duty of institutional repair
No self-harm or suicide content
Genocide, persecution of Jews, Inquisition, pogroms, and systemic cruelty central
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