Ep. 84- The French Catholic Church and the Holocaust with Aliza Luft

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Many historians have sought to tell the story of the Catholic Church and its behavior during the Holocaust and explain its responses. They have approached it from a variety of perspectives from high-level political histories to low-level studies of rescuers.
On this episode, I talk with Aliza Luft about her in-depth study of the French Catholic Church and its interactions with the Jewish community. It a really interesting converations about the limits of human morality and personal courage but also about the complexities of history.

Luft, Aliza. Sacred Betrayal: How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews During the Holocaust (link.amazon/B0f4Xb8RV) (2026)
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