The Catholic Church and Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
The Catholic Church and Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Author(s): Stanislava VodičkováSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism, History of Religion
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Nazism; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; Repression; Catholic Church; Jews; Jewish Converts; the Archbishop of Prague Karel Cardinal Kašpar; False Baptism Certificates; St. Raphael Association;
Summary/Abstract: This study elaborates on relations between the Czech Catholic Church and the Jews in 1938–1942. Against the background of global Church history, it focuses on various standpoints and forms of aid shown to the Jews and Jewish converts especially during the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It also explores the manifestations of anti-Semitism in the Church. Using specific examples, it describes cooperation between the clergy and laymen in the salvation of Jews and Jewish converts, ranging from various interventions on the part of Catholic Church representatives and the issue of false and backdated baptism certificates to the assistance given by the St. Raphael Association, an international Catholic association, in helping them to move to safe countries.
Journal: Judaica Bohemiae
- Issue Year: LVIII/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 79-113
- Page Count: 35
- Language: English
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