Alois Hudal - ein Anti-Pacelli? Zur Diskussion um die Haltung des Vatikans gegenüber dem Nationalsozialismus
Alois Hudal - ein Anti-Pacelli? Zur Diskussion um die Haltung des Vatikans gegenüber dem Nationalsozialismus

Author: Burkard, Dominik

Source: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte, Volume 59, Number 1, 2007 , pp. 61-89(29)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The files that have just recently been made available from Roman archives make it possible to shed new light on and relativize the often asserted ,,Pope's silence." It can be seen, that there was no agreement within the Vatican on how to deal with National Socialism. Recent publications have constructed an antagonism between Cardinal Secretary Eugenio Pacelli and Alois Hudal, the politically active principal of the Collegio Santa Maria dell'Anima and supposedly a representative of ,appeasement'. However, it can be shown that both men initially agreed in principle with their assessment of National Socialism, even though they pursued different strategies. Hudal insisted on the public denunciation of National Socialism, on a clear positioning of the school, yet without success. Pacelli, a diplomat by training, was the one who thwarted nearly all of the Vatican's public proclamations against National Socialism.

Document Type: Regular paper

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157007307779379837

Publication date: 2007-01-01