New Holocaust and Genocide Studies article by Kertzer and Benedetti published

The lead article in the fall 2021 issue of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, “The Italian Catholic press and the racial laws (1938-1943),” by David Kertzer and Roberto Benedetti offers new insight into the Roman Catholic Church's support of Mussolini's antisemitic campaign.  The abstract of the article follows:

Surprisingly little attention has been paid to the role of the Roman Catholic Church in encouraging popular acceptance of the Italian Fascist regime’s antisemitic campaign and its “racial laws” (effective from 1938 to 1943). Investigation of major Italian Catholic daily newspapers, the Fascist press, and Italian and French diplomatic archives reveals how the Church communicated its support for these racial laws by distinguishing unacceptable German racism from Church-sanctioned anti-Jewish measures.

https://academic.oup.com/hgs/issue/35/2

Dubai-based Gabriel Andrade posts video interview with David Kertzer on his recent book, The Pope Who Would be King:

Latest Watson Institute Trending Globally podcast, a conversation with David Kertzer about what he has been finding in the newly opened Vatican archives about the controversial wartime pope, Pius XII

New article by David Kertzer and Roberto Benedetti on the online journal Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations, "The Vatican's Role in the Finaly Children's Kidnapping Case"

David Kertzer's interview for La Stampa, September 1st, 2020

The Atlantic publishes extensive article by David Kertzer on the relation of Pius XII and the Jews based on findings from the recently opened Vatican archives.

The New York Times' article on David Kertzer's findings "Unsealed Archives Give Fresh Clues to Pope Pius XII's Response to the Holocaust"

David Kertzer interviewed on May 20 for Pandemonium U by The Atlantic's Rachel Donadio on the controversy over Pius XII and World War II, available on YouTube

The Organization of Italian Jewish Communities posted online a video interview with Kertzer on the controversies revolving around the recent opening of the Vatican archives for the papacy of Pius XII

Interview for Giornale di Storia