Unholy War: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-semitism

David I. Kertzer

Macmillan, 2002 - Christianity and antisemitism - 355 pages

During the Holocaust, as millions of Jews were being persecuted and murdered, Pope Pius XII could never bring himself to publicly utter the word Jew. David Kertzer argues that this failure to intervene was not the result of the singular personality of an immoral pope, but a reflection of a pervasive culture of anti-semitism at the Vatican, cultivated over the centuries.

About the author

He is a professor anthropology & history at Brown University. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Unholy War: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-semitism
• Author: David I. Kertzer
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2002
• ISBN: 0333780426, 9780333780428
• Length: 355 pages