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Letter Found in Vatican Archives Confirms Church Was Told About Death Camps (www.nytimes.com)

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The newly discovered letter, written by a German Jesuit to Pope Pius XII’s personal secretary, suggests that the pope knew of Hitler’s atrocities but chose to remain silent.

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[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 year ago

Not condoning this at all, but could it be because the Vatican was literally surrounded by Hitlers biggest ally and thought it would be unwise to provoke the Axis?

No reason not to come out with this information afterwards though.

[-] h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Vatican embraced the nazis before mussolini did, and the fact that cardinals were directly involved with the rat lines shows it can't just be about immediate threat. The reichskonkordat doesn't just precede the pact of iron BTW, it precedes the Stresa front. Mussolini was openly contemptuous and opposed to Hitler when it was signed.