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Letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew of mass gassings of Jews and Poles in 1942
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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Antisemitism was not an invention of Germany. It was very much the status quo across the world at the time. We didn’t go to war with Germany to free the Jews, it was honestly just an inconvenient task that had to be dealt with by the Allies.
Of course the pope knew. Loads of important historical leaders knew. Had it not aligned with their goals of defeating the Germans it would never have been a major concern to the rest of the world.
I'm certain If Germany stayed within their borders the other countries would have just shipped their Jews over to feed the furnaces there. Make out some trade agreement.
And nobody would be shocked or care...they'd all loudly support it.
Humans are absolutely garbage.
The proof's in the pudding - other countries that engaged in genocide weren't invaded to stop it. To this day a country can engage in genocide and not be stopped by military intervention.
Not to mention at the time, many countries turned away jewish refugees in large numbers.