History
David I. Kertzer, Ph.D. is the Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Science at Brown University where he is also Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies and, from 2006 to 2011, served as Provost. His book, The Pope and Mussolini, was awarded the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and has been published in eleven languages. Among his many other books, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara was a finalist for the 1997 National Book Award for Nonfiction and has been published in eighteen foreign editions. He co-founded and served for many years as co-editor of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies. In 2005 he was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Kertzer was among the first scholars having access to the newly opened Vatican archives for the papacy of the controversial Pius XII. His new book, The Pope at War, tells the story of Pius XII’s relations with Mussolini and Hitler during the Second World War. Editions have appeared in the U.S. and Italy and are in preparation in the UK, Spain, Germany, and China.
The Pope at War
Explaining Pius XII's Silence During the Holocaust
Controversy has long raged over the failure of Pope Pius XII to denounce Hitler's war or the German attempt to exterminate all the Jews of Europe. The opening in 2020 of the Vatican archives for the war years affords new insight into the behind-the-scenes struggles involving the pope and his closest advisors as they responded to the unfolding catastrophe of World War II. Kertzer, one of the first scholars to have had access to these archives, having worked as well in related archives in Italy, Germany, France, Britain, and the U.S., offers a new picture of why the pope, under great pressure to denounce the Nazis, acted as he did.
A book signing will follow the lecture.
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Course # W1F7 — One Time Event
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Friday, February 17 2023 |
Time: | 2:30 - 4 PM |
Fee: | $35 / member; $45 / non-member |
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