1st Edition
The Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relations
By Wallace P. Sillanpoa
Copyright 1992
242 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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In February 1945, Israele Zolli, chief rabbi of Rome's ancient Jewish community, shocked his co-religionists in Italy and throughout the Jewish world by converting to Catholicism and taking as his baptismal name, Eugenio, to honor Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) for what Zolli saw as his great humanitarianism toward the Jews during the Holocaust. Almost a half a century after his conversion, Zolli... Read more
Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. The Jews and the Papacy, 3. The Controversy Over Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, Part I, 4. The Controversy Over Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust, Part II, 5. Chief Rabbi Zolli in Trieste, 6. Chief Rabbi Zolli and the Holocaust, 7. The Baptized Rabbi of Rome, 8. The Zolli Conversion: Background, Motives, and Legacy, 9. Epilogue—the Vatican and the Jews since the Holocaust, Bibliography, Index
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Wallace P. Sillanpoa
