Pope: Why Weren’t Railroad Routes to Auschwitz Bombed?
Pope Francis on Sunday denounced what he called the “great powers” of the world for failing to act when there was intelligence indicating that Jews and others were being transported to death camps in Europe during World War II, according to The Associated Press (AP). The pope’s harsh assessments came in remarks during a visit to…
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No way out June 22nd, 2015 at 10:48
Good point. Not sure that he’s aware that this country and the allies, put the extermination of the Jews, far down on the list of reasons we went to war with the Third Reich.
rg9rts June 22nd, 2015 at 15:02
Nor that we had our own concentration camps where we just raped the people economically
No way out June 22nd, 2015 at 19:14
Indeed. That’s a long and treacherous story. Many companies that exist today on the west coast, benefited greatly by the relocation of Japanese Americans. Research is ongoing.
rg9rts June 23rd, 2015 at 00:36
The Imperial Valley
crc3 June 22nd, 2015 at 10:59
I fear for the safety of the Pope. He has pissed off a lot of people with his spot on remarks on a lot of issues. I pray for his safety daily….
tracey marie June 22nd, 2015 at 11:51
Why no mention of the pope and vatican making a deal with the nazi’s, the Vatican sat by silently to preserve their treasures.
rg9rts June 22nd, 2015 at 15:01
Different pope different century… do you see any politician bringing this up?? I like this guy….ah 3 hours THWACK PIQUE TA’ pitty pum pum pum
tracey marie June 22nd, 2015 at 15:05
same religion, same vatican, same beliefs. He wonders about bombings, I wonder why the pope was not excommunicated and vilified.
rg9rts June 22nd, 2015 at 15:09
Pius XII should have been held culpable….every time the church stood up to Hitler ..he backed down..
tracey marie June 22nd, 2015 at 15:14
He should be treated as a war criminal for his behavior.
Bunya June 22nd, 2015 at 16:03
It’s easy now, after 70+ years, for the pope to opine on what should have been done back in Nazi Germany. Most, if not all, of the priests, bishops, etc. who stood with Hitler are now dead, and no longer relevant. Believe me, after WWII and the pedophile scandals, there’s no love lost between the Catholic church and me.
tracey marie June 22nd, 2015 at 16:13
They are still revered in the church, vatican and by lay people. Call them out as well as calling out nations for not bombing the tracks…same thing, most people are dead now and irrelevent, right?
Bunya June 22nd, 2015 at 16:30
It amazes me that, after all the atrocities committed by the Catholic church, it still has a huge following. Unbelievable.
tracey marie June 22nd, 2015 at 17:30
It is amazing, blind fear of having to think for yourself is the reason.
Budda June 22nd, 2015 at 12:26
I would guess the Allies would bomb every railroad they could.
greenfloyd June 22nd, 2015 at 12:32
I’ve seen this argument before and my conclusion is it was a “Hobson’s choice.” I am surprised to hear it coming from the Pope.
Bombers and bombs were in short supply early in the war and had to be deployed against Hitler’s massive war making machine. The Soviets were the first to liberate a Nazi concentration camp in Poland in 1944. Allied forces were stunned when they discovered the unspeakable horrors the Nazis had committed as they found camp after camp on their way to Berlin in April 1945. In the end bombing rail lines to the camps would have accomplished nothing. The lines would have been immediately repaired. Our boys would have been shot-down, killed and the war no closer to ended. In war there are no easy choices.
DogsRgoodpeople June 22nd, 2015 at 12:55
This is the thinking I would expect of a holy man. Haven’t seen much of it in the last several decades.
cecilia June 22nd, 2015 at 13:33
i’m shocked! Such great questions!
William June 22nd, 2015 at 12:59
Maybe because your predecessor was really good at his job?
rg9rts June 22nd, 2015 at 14:58
Pius XII was never charged but should have been
bobby1122 June 22nd, 2015 at 14:30
El Popo why haven’t your predecessors been indicted on RICO charges for child molestation and and hiding out the guilty like they were escaped murderers from a New York prison. Popo, speak out about the Mafia money laundering plan using the Vatican bank.
wpadon June 22nd, 2015 at 14:37
The camps were in Poland, out of range for escorts till the P 51 became available in May 1944 and even then, they would be hard pressed to make the flight and back with out dropping external fuel tanks prematurely.
rg9rts June 22nd, 2015 at 14:57
They had no trouble bombing the shait out of Germany without escorts…that is a piss poor apologists argument
rg9rts June 22nd, 2015 at 14:56
Damn I can see congress squirming in their seats when blows into town LOL
Snick1946 June 22nd, 2015 at 17:23
From what I have read, the decision on this lay with the British and they wouldn’t do anything. Cynics believe this was a decision at the very top because they feared a huge influx of Jewish refugees wanted to go to Palestine after the war. Sounds horrible but it makes sense if you know much about how self serving the British have been. I remember Anthony Eden, who was foreign secretary during WWII being interviewed and asked that- I have never seen a public official look so uncomfortable. He just muttered something like it wouldn’t have made any difference. etc. I remember wishing I knew what he really knew and who was involved.
wpadon June 22nd, 2015 at 19:33
The air war over Germany was a joint effort with the British. The British were only interested in bombing German cities and production facilities in retaliation to the bombing of London and the coastal cities by the Germans. It was decided that the defeat of Nazi Germany was the most important aspect of WW 2 and needed to be accomplished prior to the Germans completing their work on the atomic bomb. Bombing railroads to Poland would not reduce Germany’s war production. The Russians were in the best position to act on the concentration camps, but Stalin considered the Jews “to close to the west” and would oppose his agenda for Eastern Europe.
rg9rts June 23rd, 2015 at 00:35
Maybe you should see the Hollywood fantasy …Memphis Belle….geeeeee it was reality not fantasy.. The Americans also bombed the hell out of Germany…please spare me the pain…pickle barrel bombing strongly resembles what we now call carpet bombing…and done without escorts…an issue you chose to ignore
wpadon June 23rd, 2015 at 07:20
At a time when the USA was incarcerating American born citizens of Japanese descent, Americans did not care much for the Jews either. We refused to accept the Jewish refugees before the war, or after. Of the 12,000+ B-17’s produced during WW 2, probably less then 100 completed 25 missions with their original crew over Germany.
rg9rts June 23rd, 2015 at 07:40
No one wanted the jews
rg9rts June 23rd, 2015 at 07:41
What was the quote at the end???440,000 airmen of all nations lost their lives over europe
TuMadre, Ph.D June 23rd, 2015 at 05:55
I’m not saying the Pope doesn’t have a point, but he’s critiquing the decisions made over 60 years ago, and, frankly, if he doesn’t like the decisions of the military, he’s free to join a military, and work his way up to a position where he can keep this from happening in the future.
Annie July 2nd, 2015 at 09:53
Let’s not forget the Japanese-Americans who were put into concentration camps in my birth state of California. They weren’t exterminated, but they lost all their property, and were imprisoned for no reason at all.