U.S. Presses Vatican On Secret War Archives: Full weight of Clinton administration now behind Jewish groups' call for access.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: June 12, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

U.S. Presses Vatican On Secret War Archives: Full weight of Clinton administration now behind Jewish groups' call for access.

ERIC J. GREENBERG

Staff Writer

For the first time, the Clinton administration is publicly calling for the Vatican to open its secret World War II archives, bolstering a chorus of national Jewish groups who have been clamoring for access to determine the relationship between the Church and Nazi Germany during and after the Holocaust.

U.S. Undersecretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat, during speeches in Washington and New York, last week requested the Vatican open its ...

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