Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

A major work of scholarship:

While many other reviewers choose to launch polemical attacks on Kertzer's book, I think it likely that most never read it. Far from their assertion that Kertzer seeks to equate Nazism and Catholicism broadly, the author instead offers a nuanced analysis of the relationship between the Catholic Church's activities particularly in the 19th and early 20th Century and the birth of modern anti-Semitism. Having been given considerable access to the archives of the Church, he develops, brick by brick, the... more info

Meticulously researched, well written and convincing.:

When the Vatican archives were opened to the the author, Kertzer took full advantage of the opportunity. I admire the current pope, John Paul, for allowing the archival information to be released to the author, and, thus, the book to be written.

This book traces the difficulties placed on Jews by the Catholic hierarchy during the last 300 years. The evidence is largely provided by official texts and records from the Church itself. These records were sealed in the Vatican archives and previously... more info

Well-written, compelling argument:

Brilliant and meticulously documented; I urge you to read this book.

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