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Pope Pius XII Becca Kennelly Social Studies period 7 May 4, 2009

Pope Pius XII (Rescuer)

Pope Pius the XII was born on March 2nd, 1876 in Rome, Italy. He died on October 9th 1958. He was 82 years old. During the Holocaust, he was a rescuer. He was a rescuer by acting as a link to the British government for a number of dissidents. He tried to save as many Jews as possible when the Nazis invaded Rome. He sheltered a small number of Jews and worked with a few officials and he encouraged them to help the Jews. Pope Pius the XII played a big role during the Holocaust. He did that by besiegement for pleas for help on behalf of the Jews. After the war many known Jews thanked Pope Pius the XII for help during the Holocaust. 1.5 million Refugees including Jews were helped by Pope Pius the XII, who saved them from Hitler by granting them Vatican citizenship. More war victims than were helped by either Great Britain or the United States. He talked on the radio to show that Hitler was wrong.