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Author:

Eisner, Peter.

Title:

The Pope's last crusade [text, (large print)] : how an American Jesuit helped Pope Pius XI's campaign to stop Hitler / Peter Eisner.

Format:

[text, (large print)] :

Edition:

1st Harperluxe ed.

Publisher:

HarperLuxe,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

394 p. (large print) , [16] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

La Farge, John,--1880-1963.
Pius--XI,--Pope,--1857-1939.
Pius--XII,--Pope,--1876-1958.
Pius--XII,--Pope,--1876-1958--Relations with Germany.
Catholic Church--Germany--History--1933-1945.
Church and state--Germany--History--1933-1945.
Church and state--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Catholic Church.--Catholic Church.
National socialism and religion.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [388]-394).

Contents:

Prologue: Settling of accounts -- Nostalgia confronts reality -- "Crooked cross" -- Imposition of the Reich -- Pope's battle plan -- Flying cardinal -- Democratic response -- In the heat of the summer -- Pope's discontent -- Shame and despair -- New year and an end to appeasement -- Will there be time? -- Change overnight -- New regime -- Epilogue.

Summary:

Draws on new archival research to examine Pope Pius XI's effort to reject Nazism, discussing how he enlisted the assistance of John La Farge, a virtually unknown American Jesuit, to craft a papal encyclical condemning Hitler's campaign against the Jews.

ISBN:

006222297X (pbk.)
9780062222978 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)795762672

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)