Holocaust Scholars Write To The Vatican

If you had a chance to speak to the Pope, what would you say? This is the question that 13 noted Holocaust scholars-Christians of various denominations and Jews (including some Holocaust survivors)-address in this volume. The Holocaust was a Christian as well as a Jewish tragedy; nonetheless, the Roman Catholic hierarchy has offered very little official discourse on the Church's role in it.

These essays provide solid constructive criticism and make a major contribution to both Holocaust and Christian studies. Review: ?The essays are balanced and they are couched in the politest of terms. But they raise questions that should not be ignored....we read these open letters, not gleefully, not with a sense of: good, give it to them! but with a sense of hope.

Perhaps this time the questions will be heard. Perhaps this time the questions will be answered.?-The Jewish Journal of South Florida