The demise of the Catholic-Jewish historical comission.(probe of Pope Pius XII's inaction during Holocaust) From: Midstream | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: Wistrich, Robert S. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Theodor Herzl Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The controversy over Pope Pius XII never seems to die out. Was he "Hitler's Pope" and an antisemite to boot, as the British historian John Cornwell has claimed, or a hero and a saint worthy of the beatification that his admirers have long advocated? Frankly, I do not believe in either the sanctification or demonization of this complex, tortured, enigmatic, and intriguing personality. In my new book, Hitler and the Holocaust, I try to place Pius's actions and his inaction -- in noto...