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The Holocaust: Timeline of Jewish Persecution

Timeline of events related to the Holocaust from 1932 to 1945... read article

The Holocaust: The Vatican & the Holocaust

List of articles related to the Vatican and the Holocaust and the actions of Pope Pius XII... read article

Vatican & the Holocaust: "We Remember" - A Reflection on the Shoah

INTRODUCTORY LETTER To my venerable brother, Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy: On numerous occasions during my pontificate I have recalled with a sense of deep sorrow the sufferings of the Jewish people during the Second World War. The crime which has become known as the Shoah remains an indelible stain on the history of the century that is coming to a close... read article

Vatican City Virtual Jewish History Tour

[By: Encyclopedia Judaica] Vatican City, or the Holy See, is the residence of the Pius X">pope and is a sovereign city-state whose territory is entirely within the city of Rome. Established in 1929, Vatican City has a total population of less than 1,000. There has never been a Jewish community in the Vatican, however the city-state has had a long, if not often checkered, history with Jews and the State of Israel. Controversially, in May 2015 the Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine, in signing a treaty with Palestinian representatives that refers to them as representatives of “the State of Palestine... read article

Timeline of Jewish History in Italy

A timeline of some of the major events in Italian Jewish history... read article

Holocaust Chronology of 1942

January 1942 The United Nations establishes the United Nations War Crimes Commission to handle future prosecution of Nazi war criminals. Christian Wirth, Nazi executions expert, hooks an armored-car diesel engine to the gas chambers at Belzec. Mass killings of Jews using Zyklon B begin at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The bodies are buried in mass graves in a nearby meadow... read article

Pope John XXIII

(1881–1963)Pope John XXIII (1881–1963), pope 1958–63. Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he convened the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) and raised the papacy to new popularity with his warm, friendly style after the severe formality of his predecessor, Pius XII ... read article

The Vatican & the Holocaust: Vatican Opts Out of International Holocaust Task Force

Classified U.S. diplomatic cables, leaked by the whistleblower site WikiLeaks, contain accounts of Vatican officials reneging on a prior agreement to become an observer on the International Task Force on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) possibly over concerns about ITF pressure to declassify WWII-era records from the pontificate of Pope Pius XII... read article

The Catholic Church

A brief history of Catholicism and the Catholic church... read article

Vatican

VATICAN, residence of the *pope, who is the ruler of Vatican City in Rome.The Vatican and ZionismTheodor Herzl was the first Zionist leader to understand the political importance of the Catholic Church in the Middle East. He also realized the necessity for Zionists to come to terms with the Church and gain its support or at least try to neutralize its influence. The Vatican wished to safeguard Catholic rights in the holy places, and therefore Herzl was ready to propose an extraterritorial status for the holy places when he was received by the nuncio in Vienna, Msgr. Antonio Agliardi, on May 19, 1896, a short time after the publication of his book The Jewish State... read article

The Vatican Relationship with Israel & the Jews: Popes of the Roman Catholic Church

1st - 5th Century St. Peter (32-67) St. Linus (67-76) St. Anacletus (76-88) St. Clement I (88-97) St. Evaristus (97-105) St. Alexander I (105-115) St. Sixtus I (115-125) St. Telesphorus (125-136) St. Hyginus (136-140) St. Pius I (140-155) St. Anicetus (155-166) St. Soter (166-175) St. Eleutherius (175-189) St. Victor I (189-199) St. Zephyrinus (199-217) St. Callistus I (217-22) St. Urban I (222-30) St. Pontain (230-35) St. Anterus (235-36) St. Fabian (236-50) St. Cornelius (251-53) St. Lucius I (253-54) St. Stephen I (254-257) St. Sixtus II (257-258) St. Dionysius (260-268) St... read article

Theodor (Binyamin Ze’ev) Herzl

A biography of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl... read article

36 Questions About the Holocaust (30-36)

30. Did the Jews try to fight against the Nazis? To what extent were such efforts successful?   Answer: Despite the difficult conditions to which Jews were subjected in Nazi-occupied Europe, many engaged in armed resistance against the Nazis. This resistance can be divided into three basic types of armed activities: ghetto revolts, resistance in concentration and death camps, and partisan warfare. The Warsaw Ghetto revolt, which lasted for about five weeks beginning on April 19, 1943, is probably the best-known example of armed Jewish resistance, but there were many ghetto revolts in which Jews fought against the Nazis... read article

Biography Wing

List of biographies starting with the letter P... read article

36 Questions About the Holocaust (#19-36)

Answers to the second group of 18 of the 36 most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust... read article

The Holocaust: 36 Questions & Answers About the Holocaust

Click on any Question to Reveal the Corresponding Answer: 1. When speaking about the "Holocaust," what time period are we referring to? The "Holocaust" refers to the period from January 30, 1933, when Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, to May 8, 1945 (V-E Day), the end of the war in Europe. Click HERE for a timeline of Jewish persecution during the Holocaust era. 2... read article

Myths & Facts: Online Exclusives Archive

Myths and Facts online exclusives archive from 2005-2016... read article

Religion: Christian-Jewish Relations

List of articles related to Christian-Jewish relations... read article

John Paul II°

JOHN PAUL II° (1920–2005), pope from 1978 to 2005. Born Karol Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland, he was a student in the University of krakow when the Germans invaded Poland, effectively closing the university. Under the occupation he worked in a stone quarry, continuing his involvement with theatrical and literary circles that engaged in anti-Nazi resistance, and possibly helping Jews escape, while studying in an "underground" seminary. He established early and lasting friendships with Jews. Ordained a priest in 1946, Wojtla was sent to Rome, where he earned a doctorate of theology, with a thesis on St. John of the Cross... read article

Pope John Paul II

Biography of Pope John Paul II... read article