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Yad Vashem welcomes opening of Pope Pius XII archives
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem responds to the Vatican’s announcement that archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII will be opened next year, saying it commends the decision.
“For years, Yad Vashem has called for the opening of these archives, which will enable objective and open research as well as comprehensive discourse on issues related to the conduct of the Vatican in particular, and the Catholic Church in general, during the Holocaust,” it says in a statement.
“Yad Vashem expects that researchers will be granted full access to all documents stored in the archives,” it adds.
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