Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Hildegard Meier Self - Narrator (voice)

David I. Kertzer Self - Historian

Klaus Kühlwein Self - Catholic Theologist

Emma Fattorini Self - Historian

Pope Pius XII Self (archive footage)