Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who, during World War II, and while European Jews were being exterminated by the Nazis, was accused of keeping a disconcerting and shameful silence.

• Christel FommDirector
• Christian FeyerabendWriter
• Paul RabigerOriginal Music Composer

• Hildegard MeierSelf - Narrator (voice)
• David I. KertzerSelf - Historian
• Klaus KühlweinSelf - Catholic Theologist
• Emma FattoriniSelf - Historian
• Pope Pius XIISelf (archive footage)
• Benito MussoliniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• Myron Charles TaylorSelf - Diplomat (archive footage)
• Konrad von PreysingSelf - Catholic Bishop (archive footage)