The Pope and the Holocaust

Storyline

Why was Pope Pius XII, head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958 silent about the extermination of the Jews by the Nazis? Accused of a complacent approach to the fascist horror in Europe during the Second World War, present-day Pope Francis opened the Vatican archives from the time in 2020.

• Released

  2024

• Runtime

  53min

• Director

  Christel Fomm

Genre

DocumentaryHistoryWar

• Status

  Released

• Language

  German

• Production

  Gruppe 5, ARTE, ZDF