Trudy Gold
The Vatican and Escape Routes
Summary
The focus of this lecture is on the wartime actions of Pope Pius XII and the operation of the “ratline” run by Bishop Alois Hudal out of the Vatican. The question arises as to whether religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than secular leaders. Highlighting Pius IX’s role in confronting rising liberalism and communism, which were antithetical to his conservative values, Trudy dives into the reactions of the Catholic Church during and after World War 11.
Trudy Gold
Trudy Gold was the CEO of the London Jewish Cultural Centre and a founding member of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Throughout her career she taught modern Jewish history at schools, universities, and to adult groups and ran seminars on Holocaust education in the UK, Eastern Europe, and China. She also led Jewish educational tours all over the world. Trudy was the educational director of the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and “Holocaust Explained” and the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilization.
He was a diplomat. That is the point. He had to play the game.
“Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII” by John Cornwell. That one is very anti-pope. There are others that are more pro. In order to get a picture, you have to read three or four books.
I don’t know that. It would’ve been funnelled into the ratline, but that’s not the Catholic church. The money for the ratline to get the Nazis out came from Nazi gold, much of which was also in Switzerland.