this is another part of unknown history, a story that is never told. The average person believes that the Catholic Church was an ally of Hitler and Mussolini. There were a lot who died in concentration camps, mostly in Poland.
Ref: “this is another part of unknown history, a story that is never told. The average person believes that the Catholic Church was an ally of Hitler and Mussolini. There were a lot who died in concentration camps, mostly in Poland.”
You are absolutely right. This has been a result of nearly 90 years of Spanish Communist, Nazi, and Soviet propaganda in the Socialist war against the Church. Most of the charges of being pro fascist and Antisemitic started with the Spanish civil war where the communist killed over 6000 Catholic Clergy including 16 of 18 Bishops. Franco was not a fascist, but was painted as such during War War II because of his staunch opposition to the communist and support of the Church. The Church, including the Pope (who hid over 5000 Jews in his personal summer residence from the Nazis), actively opposed the Nazi genocide programs. But they did it in ways to avoid a repeat of the Spanish communist war against the Church in Germany. Finally, because Polish identity is thoroughly tied to Catholicism, both were painted in broad strokes with the accusations of Antisemitism to undermine popular support for the people of Poland in England and the US during the Cold War. There is a concerted socialist effort to continue this messaging today.