Even until this day controversy rages if this Pontiff truly saved Jews during the Holocaust in the countless thousands. The answer is resoundingly yes and his silence was self imposed through the fear of anti Catholic and anti Jewish reprisals. A truthful film concerning the Pontiff was the film The Red and the Black with Gregory Peck and Sir Michael Gielgud as Pius XII . He arranged clandestine safe houses, namely monasteries and convents to shelter and house countless Jewish children and abundant proof attests to his lifesaving efforts. Some references will prove in order:
http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12994 note the attached video presentation here
http://popepiusxiiandthejews.blogspot.com/ A plethora of articles and news clips with factual allusions attest to his rescue efforts and rescue work in general .
Letter from Rabbi André Zaoui, http://www.zenit.org/rssenglish-24162 This letter and many more such documents attests to the Pontiff's lifesaving work. If ever someone deserved canonization, he does.
I honor and deem him a hero and among the blessed.
Also I will never ever forget the Jesuits heroic deeds in that era
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