Again about a certain historical lie...

[fpb]

This is a passage from the introduction to Notes on the Diplomatic History of the
Jewish Question, by Lucien Wolf, written in 1919 for the use of the Versailles Peace Conference:

Besides helping to indicate the lines on which Jewish action should travel in this matter, the State Papers here quoted may also serve to remind the Plenipotentiaries

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[cheyinka]

That was part of what made The Myth of Hitler's Pope (by David Dalin) such an interesting read for me; he not only debunked the lie that Pius XII did nothing (or did less than he should have) for the Jews, he pointed out that Pius XII wasn't even the first Pope to do something like that, which I hadn't known - despite having gone to Catholic school and considering myself to know at least a reasonable amount about the history of the Catholic Church.

[fpb]

I knew of that in general terms, but the precise period this concerns is the nineteenth century, in which the Papacy was fighting for its life and generally aligned with reactionary forces. This is hugely important.

[cheyinka]

And, see, I didn't even know it in general terms, much less know enough to wonder whether it was also the case in the nineteenth century :/

[fpb]

You might like to read this, if you haven't already: http://community.livejournal.com/fpb_de_fide/1203.html

[cheyinka]

I hadn't read that, no.

I had an entire year of Church history in high school. How did nothing of this ever get mentioned to me (or at least get mentioned in a way that I would remember)?

It's the same feeling I had when reading The Myth of Hitler's Pope - that I should have known this all along.