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Article: Assessing the church's role in the Reich.(Hitler and the Vatican: Inside the Secret Archives that Reveal the Complete Story of the Nazis and the Church; Catholic Theologians in Nazi Germany)(Book Review)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 7, 2005
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HITLER AND THE VATICAN: INSIDE THE SECRET ARCHIVES THAT REVEAL THE COMPLETE STORY OF THE NAZIS AND THE CHURCH By Peter Godman Free Press, 504 pages, $27
CATHOLIC THEOLOGIANS IN NAZI GERMANY By Robert A. Krieg Continuum, 286 pages, $24.95
The public has long been interested in how the Vatican and the German Catholic church related to National Socialism during the 1930s and '40s. Now, with the election of Pope Benedict XVI, a man who grew up under the Nazi regime, there has been even more popular discussion about how Catholics--and especially Catholic leaders--spoke out or failed to speak out against the Third Reich.
Early in 2003, the Holy See ...