David Frum has written an excellent review of a new book entitled The Myth of Hitler’s Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis. It’s written by Rabbi David Dalin and it seems to finally answer the slander perpetuated by many people about the role of the Church and the Pope in the Holocaust. Although the Pope’s response may not have been perfect (hindsight is 20/20), this new book at least brings out the truth of the Pope’s strong opposition to the Nazis and his protection of many Jews, a truth which was known during the lifetime of Pius XII. These facts allowed Albert Einstein to say at Pius’s death:

Only the Catholic Church protested against the Hitlerian onslaught on
liberty. Up till then I had not been interested in the Church, but
today I feel a great admiration for the Church, which alone has had the
courage to struggle for spiritual truth and moral liberty (Catholic Answers)