Selected records from the Vatican Archives

Identifier
irn516549
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.62
  • RG-76.001M
Dates
1 Jan 1865 - 31 Dec 1939
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Italian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516549

Extent and Medium

95 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Archivio Apostolico Vaticano

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project transferred the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Mar. 2005.

Scope and Content

Contains records of the Munich nunciature 1865-1959, the nunciature of both Pacelli and Alberto Vasallo-Torregrossa (Indice 1096 A: Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Monaco); documents relating to antisemitism and the persecution of Jews (Segreteria di Stato - Sezione per i rapporti con gli Stati Archivio Storico, Indice Affare Ecclesiastici straordinari Baviera, 1922-1939 ("Quarto Periodo"); records of the Berlin nunciature (Indice 1196 Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Berlino) exclusively of the nunciature of Pacelli; the Vatican administration (Segreteria di Stato - Sezione per i rapporti con gli stati Archivio Storico Indice affare Ecclesiastici straordinari Germania, 1922-1939 ("Quarto Periodo"), also contains letters from the secretary of the cardinal to the German bishops, reports, correspondence and information from the German diocesans.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Part 1. The records of the Munich nunciature 1865-1959, encompassing the nunciature of both Pacelli and Alberto Vasallo-Torregrossa (Indice 1096 A: Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Monaco); Part 2. The supplement of the Bavarian collection (Segreteria di Stato - Sezione per i rapporti con gli Stati Archivio Storico, Indice Affare Ecclesiastici straordinari Baviera, 1922-1939 ("Quarto Periodo"); Part 3.The Berlin nunciature (Indice 1196 Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Berlino) relates exclusively to the nunciature of Pacelli; Part 4. The supplement of the Vatican administration, under the title (Segreteria di Stato - Sezione per i rapporti con gli stati Archivio Storico Indice affare Ecclesiastici straordinari Germania, 1922-1939 ("Quarto Periodo"). Arrangement is thematic

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archivio Apostolico Vaticano

People

  • Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Relations with Germany.
  • Vasallo-Torregrossa, Alberto.

Subjects

  • Papacy--History--1929-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
  • Germany--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
  • Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Germany--Sources.
  • Catholic Church--Diplomatic service.
  • Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Genre

  • Document
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