A letter from World War II recently discovered in the Vatican archives shows that Pope Pius XII knew about the Holocaust earlier than previously known.
Newly unearthed wartime correspondence from Pope Pius XII indicates he may have known aboutItalian newspaper, Corriere della Sera, on Sunday reproduced a typewritten letter that was recently found in theThe letter, dated Dec. 14, 1942, appears to conflict with the Holy See’s official position at the time, which was that the information it had was vague and unverified.
The letter was rediscovered by an in-house Vatican archivist and made public with the encouragement of Holy See officials. In the letter, Koenig tells Leiber that sources had confirmed that some 6,000 Poles and Jews a day were being killed in"SS-furnaces" at the Belzec camp near Rava-Ruska, which was then part of German-occupied Poland.
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