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A Cross Too Heavy A Cross Too Heavy Pope Pius XII and the Jews of Europe Paul O’Shea palgrave macmillan A CROSS TOO HEAVY Copyright © Paul O’Shea, 2011. All rights reserved. First published in 2011 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, ISBN 978-0-230-11080-9 ISBN 978-0-230-11836-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230118362 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data O’Shea, Paul Damian. A cross too heavy : Pope Pius XII and the Jews of Europe / by Paul O’Shea. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ). 1. Pius XII, Pope, 1876–1958—Relations with Jews. 2. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945) 3. Judaism—Relations—Catholic Church. 4. Catholic Church—Relations—Judaism. 5. Christianity and antisemitism— History—20th century. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Religious aspects— Catholic Church. 7. National socialism and religion. I. Title. BX1378.O74 2010 282.092—dc22 2011000524 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: March 2011
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