Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

Oct 8, 2024

0h 53m

★ 6.4

Overview

A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused of keeping a disconcerting and shameful silence.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Gruppe 5

ARTE

ZDF

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Hildegard Meier

Self - Historian

David I. Kertzer

Self - Catholic Theologist

Klaus Kühlwein

Self - Historian

Emma Fattorini

Self (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Diplomat (archive footage)

Myron Charles Taylor

Self - Catholic Bishop (archive footage)

Konrad von Preysing

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