A Cross Too Heavy: Eugenio Pacelli: Politics and the Jews of Europe 1917-1943
by O'Shea, Paul
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Rosenberg Publishing, Sydney. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Inscribed by Author. Foreword by Michael Phayer, acknowledgements, explanatory notes, glossary, abbreviations, Introduction: Pious XII, Catholics, Myths and Realities, bibliography, notes and index. Photographic paperback binding with black, red and white coloured titles. The front panel and black and white coloured titles to the back strip. In this book the author looks at Eugenio Pacelli – Pope Pius XII, and being at his life before becoming Pope as to why the policies and actions he enacted during World War II. Looking at the Vatican's German archives from 1939 the author contends that the Pope's actions were consistent " ... towards the persecuted Jews of Europe, and did so from the advent of National Socialism in the 1920s. Pacelli's behaviour during the war confirms his concerns and his essential consistency, but also reveals the tragic flaw that relegated Jews to be "lesser victims". – from the rear panel blurb. Minor creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Previous owners name and library sticker to the top edge of half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], 6 - 392 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Holocaust; Politics; Religion & Theology. Inscribed by Author. Inventory No: 0286007. .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-348) and index.
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- Title
- A Cross Too Heavy: Eugenio Pacelli: Politics and the Jews of Europe 1917-1943
- Author
- O'Shea, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Rosenberg Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
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- BZDB2 Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, politics, Judaism, Holocaust Biography & Autobiography; Holocaust; Politics; Religion & Theology. Inscribed by Author Unbranded O'Shea, Paul A Cross Too Heavy: Eugenio Pacelli: Politics and the Jews of E
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