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The Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust: An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relationships Wallace P. Sillanpoa 1st edition
The Chief Rabbi, the Pope, and the Holocaust: An Era in Vatican-Jewish Relationships
Wallace P. Sillanpoa
In February 1945, Israele Zolli, chief rabbi of Rome's ancient Jewish community, shocked his co-religionists in Italy and throughout the Jewish world by converting to Catholicism and taking as his baptismal name, Eugenio, to honor Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) for what Zolli saw as his great humanitarianism toward the Jews during the Holocaust
224 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 30, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780887384165 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 544 g |
| Language | English |