Holocaust Scholars Write to the Vatican

If you had a chance to speak to the Pope, what would you say? This is the question that 13 noted Holocaust scholars-Christians of various denominations and Jews (including some Holocaust survivors)-address in this volume. The Holocaust was a Christian as well as a Jewish tragedy; nonetheless, the Roman Catholic hierarchy has offered very little official discourse on the Church's role in it. These essays provide solid constructive criticism and make a major contribution to both Holocaust and Christian studies.

HARRY JAMES CARGAS was Professor Emeritus of Literature and Language at Webster University, and the author of 31 books, including Reflections of a Post-Auschwitz Christian (1989), Conversations with Elie Wiesel (1992), and Voices from the Holocaust (1993).

?The essays are balanced and they are couched in the politest of terms. But they raise questions that should not be ignored....we read these open letters, not gleefully, not with a sense of: good, give it to them! but with a sense of hope. Perhaps this time the questions will be heard. Perhaps this time the questions will be answered.?-The Jewish Journal of South Florida