Ratlines through Italy were in part orchestrated by the Croatian priest Krunoslav Stjepan Draganović, and the Rome-based Austrian bishop Alois Hudal. In 1945, wanted by the allies, Von Wächter evades capture, surviving as a fugitive for three years in the Austrian Alps before coming under the protection of a Vatican bishop, Alois Hudal. According to Wiesenthal, one Franciscan monastery, Via Sicilia in Rome, was virtually a transit station for Nazis, an arrangement made possible by a bishop from Graz named Alois Hudal. Among those whose efforts receive the greatest attention in these pages is Austrian Bishop Alois Hudal, who was given responsibility under the Pontificial Commission of Assistance for dealing with Austrian refugees. In 1951, the Stangl family emigrated to Brazil. Sands’ investigative journey is enthralling. Under his new identity, Eichmann was aided in his efforts to acquirenew documents by German Bishop Alois Hudal, who operated from Rome andwas notorious for assisting Nazis in escaping justice. Hudal was working in Rome throughout the Nazi era, and according to Phayer acted as an intermediary between Pius and the Nazi occupying forces. Hiding out at monasteries across Europe, Eichmann managed to get to Geno, Italy - from where he then sailed to Argentina. Nazi’s son plays devil’s advocate to defend murderer father to Jewish lawyer In ‘The Ratline,’ Philippe Sands befriends son of Otto von Wachter, SS officer involved in killing his ancestors. However, Bishop Hudal instead used his position to help a number of Nazi war criminals flee to safety. [3] In 1937, he sent his book The Foundations of National Socialism to Hitler. Assisted by the Nazi-sympathizing Austrian bishop Alois Hudal, Stangl traveled to Syria on a Red Cross passport before sailing to Brazil in 1951. The Vatican statement on the Shoah* addresses two questions: Why didn’t Church authorities speak out against the murder of the European Jews? He mistakenly believed the bishop's contacts would eventually help him flee Europe, via the Ratline: an escape route used by wanted Nazis to … The work of Bishop Hudal and other Catholic officials to help Nazis flee was an open secret. Wiesenthal speculates that the motive for most of the priests was what he viewed as a … alleged link to Nazi war criminals, he claims that Alois Hudal, an Austrian prelate and Nazi sympathizer, was "an important Catholic bishop at the Vatican," as well as a "close friend" and "confidant" of Pius XII. Austrian bishop Alois Hudal publishes a book defending Nazi racial ideology, supporting laws preventing a flood of Jewish immigrants, and criticizing the "Jewish" press for playing off Austrians against Germans. If he had researched the facts, however, he would know that Hudal never was a bishop “at the Vatican,” much less an “important” one. As head of the SS Department for “Jewish Affairs,” Eichmann’s careful supervision ensured that men like Brunner, Stangl and Wagner ran the machinery of death at peak capacity. The work of Bishop Hudal and other Catholic officials to help Nazis flee was an open secret. Bishop Alois Hudal (1885-1963) was rector of a college in Rome known as the “Anima,” a seminary for German-speaking priests. The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive Philippe Sands Weidenfeld & Nicolson 432pp £20 ... under the guidance of the Vatican’s own Bishop Alois Hudal. Early life Main article: Early life of Pope Pius XII Pacelli was born in Rome on March 2 1876 into a well-off aristocratic family with a history of ties to the papacy (the "Black Nobility"). Escaping Nazis were issued false identity papers which, of course, would not have succeeded without the International Red Cross, which casts a shadow over their work. * After the war the Pope was again quiet as his close friend, Bishop Alois Hudal, the Rector of the Anima, led a brazen and well-financed ''pipeline'' … Ratlines through Italy were in part orchestrated by the Croatian priest Krunoslav Stjepan Draganović, and the Rome-based Austrian bishop Alois Hudal. But statements condemning Holocaust denial and reaffirming ecumenical sentiments toward the Jewish people are not enough. Giovanni Battista Montini (the future Pope Paul VI). Hudal tried to build bridges between the Nazi ideology and the Church. Austrian Catholic bishop Alois Hudal, a Nazi sympathiser, was rector of the Pontificio Istituto Teutonico Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome, a seminary for Austrian and German priests, and "Spiritual Director of the German People resident in Italy". Rev Alois Karl Hudal. At least one Nazi war criminal — Klaus Barbie (pictured), the so-called Butcher of Lyon — was aided in his escape by a massive yet sill mysterious organization — the U.S. Army. Wächter fled west, finding sanctuary in Rome: or so he imagined. In at least some cases, they received help from senior Catholic clergymen. Gerald Steinacher: Yes, especially with the people from the Catholic Church, and people who were close to Bishop Alois Hudal in Rome, a key figure in helping some of the worst perpetrators escape from justice. What a long set of photographs. Franz Stangl, commandant of the Treblinka extermination camp, admitted to British Nazi expert Gitta Sereny that Hudal helped him get away after the defeat of Germany in 1945. Wachter died in Bishop Hudal's arms. Wächter fled west, finding sanctuary in Rome: or so he imagined. Part of the controversy centers on Bishop Alois Hudal, a Nazi-sympathizing rector of the German-speaking seminary college of Santa Maria dell’Anima in Rome. At least one Nazi war criminal — Klaus Barbie (pictured), the so-called Butcher of Lyon — was aided in his escape by a massive yet sill mysterious organization — the U.S. Army. I talked to people who were people smugglers who helped not just perpetrators, but refugees and survivors of the Holocaust, to reach Italy. His book receives the support of Archbishop (later Cardinal) Theodor Innitzer of … He then escaped from an American internment camp in Rimini under the protection of Bishop Alois Hudal. He died, in murky circumstances, supposedly in the arms of Bishop Alois Hudal, who had offered him sanctuary. Wanted for the murder of nearly a million Jews, he was desperately seeking to escape the clutches of Allied justice. He made an arduous trek over the Alps into Italy, where he spent the last six months of his life living in a monastery controlled by a pro-Nazi Catholic Bishop, Alois Hudal. The American Catholic Bishops Conference even approved a monthly stipend of $200 to Bishop Hudal to help him in his work. Who helped Adolf Eichmann escape? Keystone/Getty Images. his memoirs, Bishop Hudal admitted, "After this last aid, which soon earned me the title of a 'Nazi, fascist bishop' in the Roman Curia - 'troppo tedesco' (too German) - I was eventually considered unbearable for the Vatican policy." Bewohnerschaft von Rom und die Deportation in der NS-KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau 1943 1 Der zeitliche Rahmen 2 Vorbereitungen der Besatzungsmacht 3 Hilfe und unterlassene Hilfe für die Bedrohten 4 Durchführung 4.1 16. He then handed Stangl forged documents that allowed the Nazi war criminal to travel to Syria, where his family eventually joined him. It is well documented that German Bishop Alois Hudal in Rome operated postwar ‘ratlines,’ getting passports for wanted Nazis to allow them to escape justice. His book receives the support of Archbishop (later Cardinal) Theodor Innitzer of Vienna: 1938 Die NS-Razzia gegen die jüd. Austrian Catholic bishop Alois Hudal, a Nazi sympathiser, was rector of the Pontificio Istituto Teutonico Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome, a seminary for Austrian and German priests, and "Spiritual Director of the German People resident in Italy". By an article in the "Press" of November 27, 2011, I was reminded again of the Eichmann process. The Vatican statement on the Shoah* addresses two questions: Why didn’t Church authorities speak out against the murder of the European Jews? Oktober 1943 4.5 20. He died in 1949 in a Roman hospital cradled “in the arms” of Bishop Hudal. Oktober 1943, die Razzia 4.2 17. Sands’ investigative journey is enthralling. Also an Austrian, Bishop Alois Hudal (1885–1963) was rector of the college in Rome known as the “Anima,” a seminary for German-speaking priests. The Butcher of Lyon, the ratlines, and the U.S. Army. “The Roman ‘non possumus’ and the Attitude of Bishop Alois Hudal Towards the National Socialist Ideological Aberrations,” by Johan Ickx, in Religion Under Siege: The Roman Catholic Church in Occupied Europe (1939-1950) edited by L. Gevers and Jan Bank (Peeters, 2007), pp. Austrian bishop Alois Hudal publishes a book defending Nazi racial ideology, supporting laws preventing a flood of Jewish immigrants, and criticizing the "Jewish" press for playing off Austrians against Germans. Indeed, he adds, both Pius XII and the future Paul VI actively supported Hudal in his criminal assistance to fleeing Nazi war criminals. Draganavic was expelled from San Girolamo a few days after Pope Pius XII death in October 1958. Escaping Nazis were issued false identity papers which, of course, would not have succeeded without the International Red Cross, which casts a shadow over their work. After the war, the Vatican helped Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, hide in Rome and then escape Europe. Bishop Alois Hudal helped Eichmann get the documents he needed to escape. He prospered and was able to send for his wife and daughters. The main character to populate the pages which describe this is Bishop Alois Hudal, who enjoyed a close relationship and ties to Pope Pius 12th. See; Michael Phayer, The Catholic Church and the Holocaust Pope Pius himself, forced Bishop Hudal to resign for his actions. A Catholic seminary in Rome has opened its wartime archives to shed light on a notorious Austrian bishop who supported the Nazis. In December 1944, the Church allowed a bishop named Alois Hudal to visit Nazi prisoners held in Allied internment camps, presumably for religious purposes. An Austrian-born bishop, Alois Hudal, helped Eichmann obtain falsified identity documents issued by the Vatican, enabling him to get an Argentine visa and an International Red Cross passport. But the universal Church opposed it, and many other Catholics—including two popes— fought it heroically. Peron did not act alone in mapping out escape routes for Nazi fugitives. (21) The Jews were held for two days in a military complex close to the Vatican. Another Nazi war criminal, Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka death camp was assisted with false papers and hiding places in Rome by the Nazi sympathizer Bishop Alois Hudal. He later claimed that he had been hidden and helped by a Vatican “ratline” run by the Hungarian bishop Alois Hudal. Oktober 1943 4.3 18. A week earlier, Von Weizsacker forwarded to the Security Police Commander Herbert Kappler a protest against the deportations by Bishop Alois Hudal, rector of the German church in Rome. Austrian bishop Alois Hudal was a Hitler supporter widely reported to have helped Nazi war criminals escape justice following the war. Alois Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May 1885 – 13 May 1963) was an Austrian titular bishop in the Roman Catholic church, based in Rome.For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and, until 1937, an influential representative of the Austrian Catholic Church. The Butcher of Lyon, the ratlines, and the U.S. Army. Wiesenthal is convinced that Hudal was also responsible for smuggling the most infamous war criminal of them all: Adolf Eichmann, the chief architect of the Holocaust. Holocaust survivor. Hudal’s activities helping “refugees” (many of whom were Nazis evading justice) garnered him much praise and financial support. Stangl first went to Damascus, Syria, where he easily found work in a textile factory. Bishop Alois Hudal helped many escape, including Adolf Eichmann, Franz Stangl, Gustav Wagner and Alois Brunner, not just low level Nazis but high ranking ones with direct responsibility for the Holocaust. Draganavic was expelled from San Girolamo a few days after Pope Pius XII death in October 1958. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "drahtzieher" Flickr tag. According to Holocaust survivors, Heim would inject prisoners in the heart with various substances, including petrol, water, phenol, and poison. It was also reported that Heim removed organs from prisoners without anesthesia. It is well documented that German Bishop Alois Hudal in Rome operated post-war 'ratlines,' getting passports for wanted Nazis to allow them … When it became apparent that war criminals: Klaus Barbie, Adolf Eichman, Heinrich Mueller, Franz Stangle and a long list of other Nazi war criminals had escaped capture by the Allies, the central figure in aiding their escape was Bishop Alois Hudal. He died, in murky circumstances, supposedly in the arms of Bishop Alois Hudal, who had offered him sanctuary. It looks like Mossad‘s Most Wanted. Keystone/Getty Images. Oktober 1943 4.4 19. The Vatican and the Holocaust The Vatican and the Holocaust Susannah Heschel ▪ Summer 1998. Again and again Goldhagen describes the notorious Bishop Alois Hudal as an important bishop at the Vatican and a good friend of Pius XII and Msgr. Much rests on the exact standing of the pro-Nazi Austrian bishop, Alois Hudal, who on his own admission harbored Nazi war criminals-including Adolf Eichmann. Franz Stangl, the monster of Sobibor and Treblinka, was hidden in Rome and helped by Bishop Alois Hudal to escape Europe. Wiesenthal is convinced that Hudal was also responsible for smuggling the most infamous war criminal of them all: Adolf Eichmann, the chief architect of the Holocaust. Nazi’s son plays devil’s advocate to defend murderer father to Jewish lawyer In ‘The Ratline,’ Philippe Sands befriends son of Otto von Wachter, SS officer involved in killing his ancestors. He escaped in 1948 and made his way to Rome, where pro-Nazi bishop Alois Hudal helped him and his friend Gustav Wagner escape. In Rome, Bishop Alois Hudal, a fellow Austrian, greeted him with the words: "You must be Franz Stangl — I've been expecting you." Hudal’s activities helping “refugees” (many of whom were Nazis evading justice) garnered him much praise and financial support. Severly anti-Semitic and a Hitler ardent supporter, Hudal saw the Catholic Church as an instrument which would re-Christianize Europe after years of pagan Nazi rule, thus being a tool to fight communism. He had come to the right man. Holocaust Memorial Day is held every year on January 27. Pope Benedict should affirmatively declare holocaust denial to be heresy, and the Vatican should undertake a comprehensive program of Holocaust education. Early efforts: Bishop Hudal. Other possibles for the help and assistance of the kindly old Christian, Bishop Hudal, were Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo’s “Butcher of Lyon”, and Heinrich Müller, chief of the Gestapo. 315-344. These escape routes mainly led toward havens in Latin America, particularly Argentina though also in Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador and In his 1937 book, The Foundations of National Socialism, Hudal praised … ... under the guidance of the Vatican’s own Bishop Alois Hudal. Historians have long established that individual Nazi sympathizers within the clergy, such as Argentine cardinal Antonio Caggiano, Bishop Alois Hudal in Rome and the Archbishop of Genoa, Giuseppe Siri, actively supported the flight of Nazi war criminals. Alois Karl Hudal (also known as Luigi Hudal; 31 May 1885 – 13 May 1963) was an Austrian bishop of the Catholic church, based in Rome.For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome and, until 1937, an influential representative of the Austrian Catholic Church.. Ratlines were a system of escape routes for Nazis and other fascists fleeing Europe in the aftermath of World War II. In 1951, the family moved to Brazil and settled in São Paulo. It included Bishop Alois Hudal who boasted of helping about 50,000 war crimes suspects to hide or escape. Much rests on the exact standing of the pro-Nazi Austrian bishop, Alois Hudal, who on his own admission harbored Nazi war criminals-including Adolf Eichmann. How sweet. The main character to populate the pages which describe this is Bishop Alois Hudal, who enjoyed a close relationship and ties to Pope Pius 12th. Hudal was working in Rome throughout the Nazi era, and according to Phayer acted as an intermediary between Pius and the Nazi occupying forces. Roman ratlines Early efforts: Bishop Hudal. He made an arduous trek over the Alps into Italy, where he spent the last six months of his life living in a monastery controlled by a pro-Nazi Catholic Bishop, Alois Hudal. The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive Philippe Sands Weidenfeld & Nicolson 432pp £20 As head of the SS Department for “Jewish Affairs,” Eichmann’s careful supervision ensured that men like Brunner, Stangl and Wagner ran the machinery of death at peak capacity. Another Nazi war criminal, Franz Stangl, the commandant of the Treblinka death camp was assisted with false papers and hiding places in Rome by the Nazi sympathizer Bishop Alois Hudal. It is a great shame that some individual Catholics, even clergy, cooperated with the evils of Nazism. Bishop Alois Hudal. He agreed to give copies of the original materials to the Holocaust Museum, ... by the notorious pro-Nazi Austrian bishop Alois Hudal. [2] Hudal harbored anti-Semitic feelings and his pro Nazi stance was well known throughout the Catholic community. During Hitler’s rule, Bishop Hudal often spoke about the unity between the Catholic Church and the Nazi government. He notes the role of the pro-Nazi bishop Alois Hudal and of the monastery escape route. The American Catholic Bishops Conference even approved a monthly stipend of $200 to Bishop Hudal to help him in his work. When asked in 1961 by an Austrian newspaper about Eichmann, the planner of the Holocaust, Hudal The film portrays Bishop Alois Hudal assisting a Nazi physician escape to Argentina; Michalczyk referred to evidence that pro-fascist Viennese Bishop Hudal did assist Nazis escaping after the war. The Vatican and the Holocaust The Vatican and the Holocaust Susannah Heschel ▪ Summer 1998. Severly anti-Semitic and a Hitler ardent supporter, Hudal saw the Catholic Church as an instrument which would re-Christianize Europe after years of pagan Nazi rule, thus being a tool to fight communism. The Nazi then managed to obtain a fake work permit to move to Argentina under the name Ricard Klement, organised by Nazis sympathiser Bishop Alois Hudal. In 1949, he took refuge with pro-Nazi Austrian bishop Alois Hudal in the Vatican, where he died soon afterwards in unexplained circumstances at age 48. Austrian Roman Catholic Bishop Alois Hudal, a Nazi sympathizer, forced in 1952 to resign by the Vatican, helped him to escape through a "ratline" and to reach Syria using a Red Cross passport." He was also a profound sympathizer with National Socialism and dedicated to extending papal charity to Nazi war criminals. The whole horror and demonic hatred of this mass murderer became clear to me again. Monsignor Luigi Hudal, born on May 31, 1885, in Graz, was a Rome based Bishop of Austrian descent. But statements condemning Holocaust denial and reaffirming ecumenical sentiments toward the Jewish people are not enough. After the fall of the Third Reich, Eichmann, who had come to be known as the architect of the Nazi genocide, was apprehended, but escaped from a detention camp and went into hiding in Austria. (For example, "the girl with the red coat"). Pope Benedict should affirmatively declare holocaust denial to be heresy, and the Vatican should undertake a comprehensive program of Holocaust education. Also in connection with the escape of Adolf Eichmann from Europe, the role of the church in the Nazi period must be questioned. This date, in 1945, marks the liberation of German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, … The Vatican's response to Holocaust denial must be Holocaust education ... Bishop Alois Hudal was instrumental in spiriting Nazi war criminals to safety in Latin America. And two churchmen, Bishop Alois Hudal and Monsignor Krunoslav Draganović, had a rather deep role in the genocide that has become known as the Holocaust. Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90. Without a doubt. The evil pro-Nazi Bishop Alois Hudal helped many of the senior Nazi butchers escape Europe as WW2 ended. Under his new identity, Eichmann was aided in his efforts to acquirenew documents by German Bishop Alois Hudal, who operated from Rome andwas notorious for assisting Nazis in … Bishop Alois Hudal: A Bishop of Austrian Decent.

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