Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POWs (1939-1945)

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Paulist Press, 2006 - 284 Seiten
"During World War II a powerful system for prisoners of war to communicate with their loved ones, and for their loved ones to learn about their imprisonment, was developed through the Vatican Information Office, which was set up by Pope Pius XII immediately after the war began in 1939. Young and old appealed to Pius XII for help in locating missing sons, husbands, relatives, and friends. In turn, the office he set up to deal with such requests sought night and day to provide information and comfort. To help the effort, Vatican Radio broadcast 1.2 million shortwave messages asking for news about missing individuals." "Not only are there hundreds of thousands of documents regarding this clearinghouse activity in the Vatican Secret Archives, but there are also 20 million letters with additional information on file cards for each of these individuals. Crusade of Charity reveals this untold story of grief and heroism, comfort and support, through documents, letters, telegrams, and reports of the apostolic delegates who visited war prisoners in camps around the world, as well as through the words of family and friends."--BOOK JACKET.

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Inhalt

Vatican Help for Refugees and Prisoners
45
Letters to Pius XII
67
Beginning of Conflict
74
Civilians
87
Endangered Foreigners
93
Combatants
99
GreekAlbanian and Balkan Front
106
Voices from Prisons
167
Charity of Pius XII
200
Forgotten in Russia
209
End of War
220
Conclusion
230
Epilogue
242
Additional Vatican Documents
249
Notes
261
Bibliography
267

War Stories
177
Return Home
183

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Margherita Marchione is professor emerita of Italian language and literature at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

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