Holocaust Scholars Write to the Vatican

If you had a chance to speak to the Pope, what would you say? This is the question that 13 noted Holocaust scholars-Christians of various denominations and Jews (including some Holocaust survivors)-address in this volume. The Holocaust was a Christian as well as a Jewish tragedy; nonetheless, the Roman Catholic hierarchy has offered very little official discourse on the Church's role in it. These essays provide solid constructive criticism and make a major contribution to both Holocaust and Christian studies.

List of contents

Foreword by Eugene J. Fisher
Preface
Introduction
The Vatican, the Catholic Religion, the Jews by Nechama Tec
An Awkward Approach by Richard Libowitz
Do Not Hurt Them by Zev Garber
Priorities in Unfinished Business by Franklin Littell
To Stand Before the World as the Church Repentant by Susan Nowak
Planting Seeds: Jews, Catholics, and the Search for New Beginnings by Abraham J. Peck
The Religious Roots of the Holocaust by Emanuel Tanay
An Open Letter to the Vatican by M.F. Nefsky
Letter to the Pope by Pierre Sauvage
Thoughts of a Survivor about the Vatican, Its Actions and Inactions During the Holocaust by Leon Wells
To the Vatican by Hubert G. Locke
A Letter with Suggestions by Judith Hershcopf Banki
Listening Together: A Meditation on Memory and Music Shared with Pope John Paul II by John K. Roth
Selected Bibliography
Index

Product details

• Assisted by: Harry James Cargas (Editor), Cargas Harry James (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.1998
• EAN: 9780313304873
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30487-3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Religion, Europe, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater