Vatican and Red Cross Helped Thousands of Nazis Escape Justice

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sapphi_snake said:

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Wait....

Why would the Vatican help SS men flee? Tha Nazis tried to suppress religion and fell out with the RC Church big time. And if the church was frightened of Stalin, then how would sending SS men to South America and Spain help?

The relations between the RCC and the Nazis wasn't as bad as you may think. The RCC hated Communists much more than it did Nazis. Not to mention that the RCC is responsable for most of the anti-Jewish sentiment present in Western Europe (it's based on religious arguments for most people). The Holocaust is something the RCC would've loved to do itself when it had actual political power.

Maybe in Germany, but in Italy for example there was quite an uproar in the Catholic church when Mussolini began to adopt anti-Semitism.

I'm not sure I believe this that much though. How could a few SS men (who didn't believe in the values of religion) possibly stop the Soviets by fleeing?

Anyway, there's no doubt a lot that went on back then that we don't know about. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the RC Church was indeed as twisted as you make out.