The Holy See has long argued that it couldn’t verify diplomatic reports of the Holocaust to denounce it during World War II.
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information from a trusted German Jesuit that up to 6000 Jews and Poles were being gassed each day in German-occupied Poland. The documentation undercuts the Holy See’s argument that it couldn’t verify diplomatic reports of Nazi atrocities to denounce them.Corriere della Sera
The letter from the priest, the Reverend Lothar Koenig, to Pius’ secretary, a fellow German Jesuit named the Reverend Robert Leiber, is dated December 14, 1942. Written in German, the letter addresses Leiber as “Dear friend,” and goes on to report that the Nazis were killing up to 6000 Jews and Poles daily from Rava Ruska, a town in pre-war Poland that is today located in Ukraine, and transporting them to the Belzec death camp.
Newly discovered correspondence suggests that World War II-era Pope Pius XII had detailed information about the Holocaust at the time.
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