Holocaust Identities IV - The Church, The Red Cross & Nuremberg

History for the Curious - The Jewish History Podcast

1945. The war is over and Germany is in chaos. But now the church has to explain its silence. And two other groups emerge. There are thousands of Jewish orphans scattered across Europe. At the same time there are thousands of Nazis on the run. Will justice prevail?

Chapters

00:00 The Church's Denial and Defense

04:19 Suppression of the Draft Encyclical

16:17 Treatment of Jewish Children in Convents

25:43 Collaboration with the International Red Cross

28:06 Complicity and Deficient Moral Map

30:30 Complicity of the Red Cross and the Catholic Church

38:39 The Role of the Red Cross in Aiding Nazis

46:10 The Vatican's Opposition to the Nuremberg Trials

54:39 Positive Contributions of the Red Cross and the Church