Selected records from the Vatican Archives
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
- Vasallo-Torregrossa, Alberto.
- Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Relations with Germany.
Subjects
- Catholic Church--Diplomatic service.
- Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- Papacy--History--1929-1945.
- Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Germany--Sources.
- Germany--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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"Selected records from the Vatican Archives" was copied from "Archivi delle Rappresentanze Pontificie"
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archivio Segreto Vaticano
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"Selected records from the Vatican Archives" was copied from "Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Berlino"
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"Selected records from the Vatican Archives" was copied from "Archivio della Nunziatura apostolica in Monaco di Baviera"
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"Selected records from the Vatican Archives" was copied from "Segreteria di Stato"