Why was the Vatican not also put in the Nuremberg Trials....

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” J.S.Mill

All of this information has been around in the public domain for decades. Too bad more people are not informed about world history.

We will all be held accountable for our actions and inactions.

Regarding the pope's conundrum of having to side with fascism as the best way to oppose communism CS Lewis wrote - He (the devil) always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites... He relies on your extra dislike of one to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors.

Hitler was not elected chancellor but was appointed by President von Hindenburg.

Anyone who thought Hitler championed the cross and Christianity didn't read "Mein Kampf."

"...Many Believers did not wait for a message from Pius XII, they acted on their own conscience" This is the take away for every believer watching this. Jesus is our compass not the Pope or a General Overseer. Act accordingly. Stand up.

The Chief Rabbi of Rome converted to a Catholicism after the world war Ii. He mentions pope Pius xii efforts on behalf of the Jews... Eugenio Maria Zolli (27 September 1881 ‒ 2 March 1956), born Israel Anton Zoller, was an Austrian by birth, and an Italian doctorate professor of philosophy and author. Until his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism in February 1945, Zolli was the chief rabbi in Rome, Italy's Jewish community from 1940 to 1945.

The history of the Roman Catholic church should be carefully examined and other 'holy' churches as well.

Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address via Vatican Radio voiced concern at human rights abuses and the murder of innocents based on race. The majority of the speech spoke generally about human rights and civil society; at the very end of the speech, Pius XII mentioned "the hundreds of thousands of persons who, without any fault on their part, sometimes only because of their nationality or race, have been consigned to death or to a slow decline". The Nazis themselves responded to the speech by stating that it was "one long attack on everything we stand for. ... He is clearly speaking on behalf of the Jews. ... He is virtually accusing the German people of injustice toward the Jews, and makes himself the mouthpiece of the Jewish war criminals." The New York Times wrote that "The voice of Pius XII is a lonely voice in the silence and darkness enveloping Europe this Christmas. ... In calling for a 'real new order' based on 'liberty, justice and love', ... the pope put himself squarely against Hitlerism." Speaking on the 50th anniversary of Pius's death in 2008, the German Pope Benedict XVI recalled that the Pope's voice had been "broken by emotion" as he "deplored the situation" with a "clear reference to the deportation and extermination of the Jews".

I wonder why its illegal to ask questions about what happened during the Holocaust in Europe...

Remember many catholic priests were sent to concentration camps and nuns risked their life...One of the most famous good Samaritan Schindler was a catholic....he was given the title 'Most Honorable Gentile' by Israel 🇮🇱

Hitler attended a Catholic convent school in Salzburg l think it was, run by the Church. It was here as a young teenager he experienced the absolute obedience of the monks to the head honcho. This appealed to him and he modelled his SS personal guard on it. Catholicism is a doctrinaire religion with many features of fascism. It demands complete obedience which it used to enforce by burnings at the stake in medieval times. Naziism and Catholicism have much in common together with communism. Disobedience is worse than murder to them. In Catholicism you can be excommunicated these days for disobedience, but not normally for murder as long as you confess it, all's forgiven. It's all about what people crave most. Power.

Contrast the Vatican with Albania, and imagine what was possible. Albania was the only country occupied by Nazis that increased their Jewish population during the war. The local authorities refused to hand over the names of Jewish residents when they were occupied by Nazis. When refugees arrived from across Europe, the local population got them to safety in their own homes throughout the countryside. They were concealed for months or years by adopting local names and being incorporated into host families. This experience laid the foundations for enduring bonds of friendship and family. In the entire war, only one family was discovered, and a total of 5 Jewish lives were lost. Albania is a majority Muslim, multi-faith society, and practices the tradition of Besa, which is a code of honour where protection is granted to anyone who knocks on your door. Besa means keeping your promise, and not betraying or abandoning anyone. Albanians promised the Jews they would be protected, and so they were.

Theywere and will be judged by GOD ALMIGHTY

Documentary makers who produce English language shows need to start dubbing the foreign languages in English so those of us who are simply listening to the show cam do so.

At 4:21 the narrator states that Hitler was elected to the office of chancellor. This is incorrect. Hitler was appointed to that office by the president, Field Marshall Paul von Hindenberg.

Nepoleon said the winners write the history...They get together and paint a picture that makes them look good...In this case as Patton said we fought the wrong enemy...Going deeper in letters to his wife he said the wrong side won..

As a teen in the 1990s/2000s, I took an incredible interest in the Holocaust. As a Catholic, I was bothered by the Vatican's silence, so I looked to sources within the Church for explanation. I had so much faith in the Church that I didn't look beyond it for alternative explanations. I was instructed that Catholicism is steeped in the belief (and indeed pride) that Pius XII's silence was a strategic move to keep the Church politically neutral in order to avoid Nazi wrath and ultimately save more lives via underground channels. I was also instructed that the European Jewish leaders publicly honored & revered Pius XII's approach after the war. Never did I encounter a critical explanation, nor did I learn about the Church's ongoing silence after the war or some of its most powerful members' efforts to aid Nazi war criminals. I was told volumes about Catholic priests who were sent to Dachau. I certainly never learned there were openly Nazi Bishops. It's impossible for a non-expert like me to guess how many Jewish lives might have been saved or lost if Pius took a firm stance and took not just Hitler to task, but all Catholics who supported Nazism. However, for a nation-state that is founded on supposedly absolute & unchanging morals, this silence feels like cowardice and compromise. In contrast, decades later, JPII became one of the loudest critics of Soviet Communism, which contributed to its downfall via the Solidarity Movement. What would the world response have been if Pius XII was one of the loudest critics of the Holocaust? Even more certainly, once Nazis were defeated, why his ongoing neutrality? If Pius dealt with his Bishops who aided some of the most grotesque war criminals quietly behind closed doors, then what a shame. It's the same approach the Church employed for decades regarding the childhood sex abuse scandal. The Church shouldn't fear critique from within. It should pursue such critique vigorously, and the Pope should lead the way. Yet, it seems to have a pattern of grudgingly admitting its worst mistakes only when the world stage utterly demands it. Painful secrets that are kept cloistered scar the Church's moral reputation. Better to be leaders in calling attention to its mistakes than to hide behind a wall of priestly silence. I see nothing in the acts of Jesus that suggest he would congratulate Pius for choosing a path of silence and tiptoeing around the politics of the Holocaust while millions of Jews were exterminated.

The Pope is one man in power who failed to speak out against the atrocities. However, there are so many others worldwide in positions of power who also did not speak out: Catholics, Protestants, Christian communities, even Jews them selves. In times of trouble, silence can be a terrible sin.

1:40 That is a _remarkable_ statement, which I sure hope he qualifies and doesn't just mention in passing with no further elaboration. 2:05 [CITATION NEEDED] - I haven't been able to find a reference to this anywhere else.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The chief rabbi in Rome, from 1940-1945, Israel Zolli, converted to Catholicism after the war, due to his reverence and admiration for Pope Pius XII, who sheltered many Jews, Zolli included, and also opposed the advance of Hitler.

Why do they keep blurring things out?? If they're worried about children make it for adults only. Enough of censuring for us!!

The hierarchy is still doing similar things to protect themselves and their priests from all potential accusations.

"This is not a war between evil and good, this is the war between Nacionalism vs globalism. The creators of democracy are the ones who turn brothers against brothers. They are the ones who start and finish war. We fight to keep the german and west culture. They want to destroy it.They boycot the German empire with fake news But You, the people will be my judge." Austrian Painter 1942 (germany)

So, if I understand correctly, the Church of Christ made a deal with an Anti-Christ to “save” themselves?

In the early 1930s Hitler was able to achieve power full power in German when the Catholic parties in the Reichstag provided the necessary votes that allowed Hitler a greater amount of power and the ability to circumvent the Weimer constitution. Those Catholic parties did this as a quid pro quo for the German Government signing a Concordat with the Vatican. It was Mussolini who recommended to Hitler that he agree to a Concordat with the Vatican, as a way for Hitler to get what he wanted and needed from various political parties in order to do away with the democratic order.

The Church tried to play both sides. Never works in the end. One side or the other will force a stand.

It is the height of hubris to believe that we poor humans, or our most ancient institutions, are capable of determining who might be a 'holy man.' People choose a pope, not God.

Too much censor from Best Documentaru unfortunately. Watching blurred images is not what I'm looking for.

It's my understanding that pacelli did oppose Hitler early on but in prayer that when initially Catholics were allowed to be Nazis, he did remain silent. As the later concordate initially was a guarantee of safety for Catholics. But again it is here omitted that a concordate is a mark of strained relations.

English translations by the narrator are off, in places, and there's at least one glaring error in dates between the narration and the closed-caption text on the screen.

I worked with a devout Catholic woman some years back and she was horrified when I mentioned the subject of the Vatican, Popes and clergy and their involvement with the Nazis - she had NEVER heard or (wished to know) anything about it!

Have we done a documentary on the complicity of many members of the British aristocracy in the Hitlerist movement? Why did Hess fly to Britain to talk to whom?

As a catholic, I’ve always felt embarrassed and deeply disappointed by this.

a video based on assumptions and stereotypes disregarding other primary sources and just presenting one sided view about the role of the Catholic church despite the widely disregarded fact that the nazis subscribed to Gnosticism a parasitic religion and shows serious contempt against the Catholic church an institution that is not under their control. It also disregarded the efforts done by the church to help those facing persecution despite being surrounded by facist regimes. why not make a video about the Islamic leaders of that time inquiring with hitler about the final solution

Pope, you made a deal with the devil, how’d you think that was gonna work out? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Another dark chapter in the church's history !

Pacelli, was elected Pope in march 1939, after 12 years in Berlin as Nunzio Apostólico. The Konkordat with Mussolini, that created the Vatican State and regulated the Roman church in Italy, was signed 1929, by another Pacelli.

Error: Hitler was not elected Chancellor of Germany, President Hindenburg appointed him.

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still-motion photography pictures enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Along with guest speakers sharing personal information pertaining to that era in the Vatican.😉. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2014)🌈🎉💵😉.

Many Priests lost their lives for opposing Hitler. The late Pope John Paul II fought in the Polish ghetto uprising. The Nazis arrested Polish student priests including JPII and sent them to hard labour. Hitler personally threatened Pope Pius to sign the concordat promising not to act against Hitler. The church broke that promise many times .

Oh dear Jesus, what they do in your name.

My Grand Father was on a b52 crew and was shot down over germany and sought refuge as a catholic....my Grand Father was an American prisoner of war. When he returned he dissavowed catholocism.

never forget how the Vatican embraced the C measures too, thank you for reminding us corruption has no boundaries

Perhaps when one of your spokespersons was calling for a Papal speech, but research that the Dutch Catholic Bishop's all ordered Ducht parishes to condemn Nazism. Upon this condemnation Jews all over Hollond were rounded up. Perhaps this was when Ann Frank was hidden. I think that was in Holland, but my memory is unsure on the Frank point.

If all good people come out and hug eachother the secret game is over...

How good it would be to know who sponsors these "true and impartial historical documentaries"!!

A carta dirigida pela Dra.Edith Stein ao Papa, recebeu resposta da parte de Pio XI através da Carta Encíclica "Mit brennender Sorge", de Março/1937, a qual foi lida de todos os púlpitos católicos do Grande Reich alemão.

🕊"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both GOD and Money". JESUS CHRIST (Mathew 6.24).

I will not watch any video where you require my eyes to be glued to the screen to read the English translation. Please provide an audio English translation and it would be a Better Documentary.

Thank you, Todah rabah❣️ This is nothing but amazing❗️❗️❗️

What amazes me the most is that ALL these HORRIBLE MONSTERS are going to have to answer and PAY for their complicity to all this EVIL. Would like to see their expressions when they stand before the LORD

The “church” excels at hiding their sins.

The Vatican sure has alot of skeletons in the closet

Please tell me why you don't put subtitles everytime Hitler speaks?

ALL the Axis powers and hangers-on were led by Catholics: Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Croatia, & collaborating France. The Catholic Church and Nazj Party were the same organisation.

Pius spoke fluent German, was Papal Nuncio to Hitler's Germany and knew all of the players. his antisemitism is clear in his writings. what he got for his support of Nazi-ism was 6 million dead Jews, and another 3 million Gypsies, Undesirables and hopes that Russia and Communism would be defeated. he earned his title of "Hitler's Pope".

What would have happened if Pacelli did what the King of Denmark did re: the wearing of the star? This was covered by Hochhuth in "The Deputy." It appears to be true that the Vatican was somewhat opposed to Hitler, but they did like the other dictators in Europe where they could get an advantage: men such as Franco and Salazar and the priest who governed Croatia. The Church has always played politics and still does.

A picture says a thousand words.

The Catholic Church has ..... ugh ...... I don't want to offend the faithful but the leadership for decades and centuries wtf? Most people know the sins. Silence is complicity.

The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the divine. - Swami Sri Yukteswar

Good never has compassion for evil never had never will me personally I bow down only to God nothing else good always wins is a honor for me to be born in my country 🇺🇸💯⚖️👈👍🙌

After the "Spanish Inquisition", I put absolutely nothing past the Catholic Church 🙄

This was an excellent video! Thank you for uploading it

"The interests of the Church." That says it all really, nothing changes.

Before even Hitler, there are some *ahem* questionable things the Church did like The Inquisition, witch burning, Indulgences, etc.

I notice what may be some reluctance to mention a certain individual named Clemens August Graf von Galen, which is strange given the topic.

Just one correction at 21.55 min: March 1939 is not three months before the war, but 6 months. The war started in September 1939

Very good and informative video. De Lupe was in the Wehrmacht not the SS as it is depicted in his uniform. It will be nice to do about Damaskinos the archibishop of Greece who was very open in helping Jews and even forged papers to show them as Christian without forcing them to covert.

Well, when someone is brandishing a gun, it is a wise policy not to piss them off.

Just curious...did any Lutheran, Calvinist, or other Protestant pastors also support Hitler to keep from getting murdered?

You have to ask yourselves in a time like that, what would you do? ...

They rang out the bells in Catholic churches to celebrate Hitler's Birthday every year.

I would prefer to die a martyr then support such evil in anyway. We all have choices to make. Woe to those who choose evil.

people must realize something very important: the Vatican is one of the smallest operational nation on earth. the Swiss Vatican force is but a small army. A single company of german soldiers can conquer it. The vatican learned early that Hitler could conquer the vatican immediately (if he wanted to do so). Hitler would have to just form four companies of German soldiers. Thus, the vatican "made friendly" with a superior force. This superior force could over run easily the small vatican force. It would not take much. this also falls into Hitler's concept: conquer nations and leave a force big enough to "control" said area. Leave enough soldiers to keep a presence (much like modern cops do) and you can control a populace. the us (after the initial desert Storm) failed to do that. Shock and awe crush Iran. But, the us did not leave a force big enough to control the vacuum of leadership, police protection, etc... the vatican still secretly aided jews to escape. the Vatican still assisted jews in escaping Hitler's view of them. It is better to (on the surface) make peace with a superior force than have your nation crushed (especially when it concerns one of the smallest nations on earth. ask youself, "if the vatican had declared war on germany, How long could it stand? How long would it take just 8 companies of hitlers' soldiers to completely kill or displace the Pope? How many German forces would lose their lives to the Vatican guard? How many vatican guards would lose their live respec tively? Politics is not a white and black area. Politics is an extremel grey area (in which actions) many times hide alterior motives. Many times actions hide not only alterior motives - but also contradictory motives (many times against the other party). That is the nature of politics.

RCC has been a POLITICAL power since it's inception with Constantine.

podobne przyciąga podobne i ich wszystkich czeka marny koniec tak więc po owocach ich poznacie a to wyraźnie widzimy

For some reason officials have always thought they must destroy things in order to rebuild

I wish to add the following to my comment below: Golda Meir: “ We share the grief of the world over the death of His Holiness Pius XII.” Nahum Goldman, president of the World Jewish Congress, stated upon Pius XII ‘s death “ With special gratitude we remember all he has done for the persecuted Jews during one of the darkest periods in their entire history.”

Totally not surprised.

While studying to be a priest in the Orthodox Church, Stalin received Jesuit instruction. Mao attended the Yale Divinity School in China as a young man where he joined a Jesuit run fraternal organization. The CCP currently pays the Vatican $2 Billion a year for some reason. The Vatican has always had representation in every side of a major conflict.

Comecei a assistir o documentário mas muitas imagens estão vindo borradas. Esse tipo de censura só atrapalha; é melhor nem colocar a imagem. Agradecido.

Why you choose cover photo that make my heart melt ❤ with him

Just noticed , the number of church attendees nowadays by Catholics had seemed to have gone down drasticaly especially in Europe where all the beautiful churches / Cathedrals are . Most of them date back to medieval times.

4:14 just remember people hindsight is not just a year known as 2020. What we know for a fact today, wasn’t so obvious back then.

...nothing alike... ever? Weren't the Spanish inquisition Catholic...?

Fundamentally opposed but they wont let that stop them from being GOOD FRIENDS !

Could I recommend an audio translation of the bits in Italian/German? Would love to listen at work without missing key talking points.

Important to note that Pius XI, Achille Ratti, opposed Hitler vigorously. Unfortunately, he died soon after issuing his anti-Nazi encyclical 'Mit brennender Sorge' - leaving the way open for the timid Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli).

Recognize that all that came fully to be know about Hitler did not become fully known until way far after the Concordat so it is a different perspective than looking backwards having seen the full scope of the Nazi regime.

By order of Pope Francis, the Vatican opened in March 2020 the archives that preserve the documentation of the convulsive pontificate of Pius XII with the intention of clarify the accusation that the pontiff did not raise his voice against Nazism during World War II. Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) knew about the Holocaust from the beginning and personally saved at least 15,000 Jews - according to the German historian Michael Feldkamp, after collecting evidences of the Vatican archives. “Pius XII personally saved some 15,000 Jews through his personal efforts: opening monasteries and cloisters for people to hide there”, Feldkamp said in statements published by the portal Vatican News. Regarding the systematic extermination of European Jews, Pius XII sent a message to US President Roosevelt in March 1942, two months after the Wannsee conference,” the historian argued. The opening of the Vatican archives allows “correct many of these vague assumptions and even accusations” that until now existed about the pontiff, especially that “Pius XII did nothing and kept silent" - said Feldkamp.

A Great video thanks so much, also of utmost of importance too. After digesting the video, I had some time to think also, I came to a conclusion in my opinion that corruption, hypocrites, liars, cowards, and fear played a big part in the Vatican.

Why the HELL would you blur the graphic footage?! We can handle it!!!

Everything that was going on was power and money

Pius XII was definitely in an uncomfortable position, but he did nothing to "champion the cross of Christ." How could the world "look the other way" while Pius chose to ignore "the Third Reich." If he is ever made a "saint", this would be "the last straw" in the Catholic Church's efforts to rewrite history. Pope Pius XII was the "Hitler Pope" and his cowardice is a sad historical reality!

I fear that very few Popes are what they seem to be.

You do understand that everyone was expected to swear allegiance to the Nazis. Priests and nuns were no exception. Many were killed because they opposed the Nazis.