Yours is a precious witness : memoirs of Jews and Catholics in wartime Italy

Yours is a precious witness : memoirs of Jews and Catholics in wartime Italy / Margherita Marchione.

The fiftieth anniversary of World War II and the Holocaust inspired new memoirs, documentaries and historical studies, but few examined the hundreds of personal stories of Italians who tried to rescue Jewish people from certain death, and the important role played in those efforts by the Catholic Ch...

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Main Author: Marchione, Margherita
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Paulist Press, ©1997.
Subjects:
Pius > XII, > Pope, > 1876-1958 > Relations with Jews.
Catholic Church > Italy > History > 20th century.
Jews > Persecutions > Italy.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Italy.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Italy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Italy > Ethnic relations.
Holy Cross Note:Dinand copy 2 is signed by the author.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / David Jurist
  • Introduction. 1. Historical Background. 2. Jews-Nazis-Fascists. 3. Italian Military. 4. Jewish Leaders in Italy
  • The Holocaust. 1. Main Events. 2. Rescuers. 3. Rescue Italian Style. 4. Moral Courage
  • Italian Jews. 1. Rome. 2. Milan. 3. Ferrara. 4. Assisi. 5. Genoa. 6. Florence. 7. Venice
  • Memories. 1. Religious Teachers Filippini. 2. Redemptorist Fathers. 3. Fatebenefratelli. 4. Salesian Fathers. 5. Sisters of Sion
  • The Catholic Church. 1. Vatican Policies. 2. The Holy See. 3. Pope Pius XII. 4. Conclusion. 5. Epilogue
  • Testimonials. 1. Frank Tammera. 2. Fernando G. Giustini. 3. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. 4. Massacres in Tuscany
  • Catholic-Jewish Relations.

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