Упр.5 Юнит 2 Урок 4 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс
Here is an article from the Newsweek magazine about the wartime Pope.
What war do they mean in the article? Find all the facts that can prove your answer.
- World War I
- World War II
- a civil war
Many historians think that the wartime Pope didn’t try to stop the Holocaust (истребление, бойня).
By Kenneth L. Woodward
The voice of Pius XII is a lonely voice in the silence and darkness. He is the only ruler on the Continent of Europe who dares (смеет) to raise his voice at all.
Editorial, The New York Times, Dec. 25, 1941
Something shameful (постыдный) is going on. That Pius XII was silent in the face of the Holocaust; that he was in fact pro-German if not pro-Nazi. It was The Deputy, Rolf Hochhuth’s 1963 play that created an image of Pius as a coward (трус).
In fact, Pius XII was neither silent nor inactive. In 1937 in a special document Pope Pius XII condemned (осудил) Nazism as un-Christian. The document was secretly brought to Germany and read in the Roman Catholic churches. In his 1942 Christmas message the Pope became the first person of international stature to condemn the Holocaust. The Nazis understood the Pope too well. “His speech is one long attack on everything we stand for,” declared the Gestapo.
In February 1942, Protestant and Catholic leaders in Holland occupied by the Nazis condemned death camps. But only Catholic bishops (епископы) read the letter aloud in their churches.
The Pope’s crime — if there is one — is that he chose the role of diplomatic peacemaker rather than martyr (мученик). Historian Christopher Browning is right to say that “the Holocaust is a story with many victims (жертвы) and not too many heroes. I think we are naive if we think one more hero could stop it.”
- What kind of politician was the wartime Pope?
- What did the Pope do in the face of the Holocaust?
- Do you think that a cleric should be involved in politics? Why?
1) The article means World War II. The facts that prove it are:
- the text mentions Nazism and the Nazis;
- it speaks about the Holocaust and death camps;
- it refers to 1941 and 1942;
- it mentions occupied Holland.
2) The wartime Pope was a diplomatic peacemaker, not a martyr.
3) In the face of the Holocaust, the Pope condemned Nazism, spoke against the Holocaust in his 1942 Christmas message, and did not remain silent.
4) Yes, I think a cleric should be involved in politics if it helps protect people and promote peace. However, he should act carefully and try to be fair to everyone.
