Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews During the Holocaust – Aliza Luft
It is well known that the French Catholic Church, which opposed Hitler before 1940, silenced itself during the German occupation. But Aliza Luft shows that the Church was more than silent: it was complicit. Behind closed doors, bishops repeatedly assured Jewish leaders of the Church’s support—only to betray their trust amidst the Nazi threat. Aliza Luft is Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA, where her research examines how classifications of self and other shift in contexts of war and genocide and drive decisions to participate in, resist, or abstain from violence. Her book, Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church...
