Catholics and Third Reich
Hummel, Karl-Joseph / Kißener, Michael The attitude of the Catholic church, its bishops, priests and members from 1933 to 1945 is still one of the most controversial topics of contemporary history. Alignment or resistance, collaboration or distance - these are the poles of the controversy up to present day. The dispute over Pope Pius XII. and the holocaust is an especially fierce row.
Well-known German historians lead through the no longer transparent batch of assured facts and per...