89 Cf. ch. 18, p. 95
90 Cf. ch. 30, p. 204
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91 Leuner, op. cit., p. 100.
92 Touw, op. cit., 1, p. 174.
Cf. W. A. Visser 't Hooft, The Struggle of the Dutch Church for the
Maintenance of the Commandments of God in the Life of the State (London,
1944), p. 13: "When threats were of no avail the Germans attempted to
blackmail the Churches. In this way the Churches were brought into great
conflicts of conscience. Should they give up the open protests so that
this or that group of church-members might be saved? Or should they go
forward, without regard for the consequences that might arise for others?
These are difficult questions that no one can decide on the spur of the
moment or looking at the situation from the outside."
Cf. also the opinion of a group of Christians of Jewish origin (p. 130 in
this book).
93 Abel J. Herzberg, Kroniek der Jodenvervolging (Arnhem-Amsterdam, 1950; in Dutch), p. 133.
94 Presser, op. cit., 11, p. 128.
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95 Cf. ch. 22, pp. 129.
96 Cf., however, Pinchas E. Lapide, The Last Three Popes and the Jews (London,
1967), p. 138:
"At that time Archbishop Roncalli, the Apostolic Delegate to Turkey and
Greece, received Mr. Ira Hirschmann, a special emissary for the U.S. War
Refugee Board… sent to interview Yoel Brand in connection with Eichmann's
'blood for goods' deal.
Mr. Hirschmann told Roncalli of the plight of several thousand Jews,
including a number of children slated for deportation and death at Auschwitz.
The Archbishop instantly made available thousands of 'baptismal certificates'
for use for the doomed Jews, without conditions, and thousands were saved
from the Nazi furnace."