Codex Judaicum: September 1941: not available online yet

By 1941, divisions were growing between the Vatican and the Third Reich: one particular area was regarding the status under the Reich of Jews who had converted to Catholicism. On the lesser end, the Reich was insisting as were many German followers that converted Jews had to take communion separately, in some communities, Jews converted or not were treated the same and not allowed to sit with aryan members. Again the distinction between the Vatican's view of Judaism as religion and the Nazi view of Judaism as race conflicted. The Codex Judaicum expresses the discussion and orders for German Catholic Clergy.

Mit Brennender...Sorge (With Burning Concern)

Mit Brennender Sorge, or "With Burning Concern" is a document marking an amended attitude toward the Third Reich after the 1933 Concordat. When the Concordat was made, with representatives of the new Reich, many of whom were nominal Catholics, the Reich had just come to power and Hitler had consolidated the office of Chancellor and President. Immediately after the concordat in '33, Civil Rights restrictions went into effect removing from every high office and academic position those who were not of Reich citizenship, the requirement of which was German lineage. By 1935, Jewish Civil Rights had so degenerated that the Jews were essentially non-citizens at best. The Vatican saw this as a racial issue and decried it, maintaining their objections to religious Judaism while the Nazis decried racial Judaism. This division remained the basis of the push and pull between the Vatican and the Reich during the war: where each helped the other but neither abandoned their imperialist goals. This document is an amendment to complete support of the Reich, noting their initial support and raising 'burning concern' over the brutalities and persecutions.

Divine Redemptoris

To understand the importance and influence of the Vatican during WWII and before, one must understand the pre-war views of Communism vs Nazism. While many Vatican officials proclaimed opposition to both, the Vatican early aligned itself with the Third Reich provisionally (see The Vatican-Reich Concordat) because they felt that while Hitler's regime was brutal, it did not threaten the Church the way the atheistic State of Communism did. Communism at the time sought to erase all religion, which Marx declared an 'opiate', but early rhetoric in the Reich included the integration of tradition religious Christian vernacular. The Reich would prove itself to have been anything but Christian, and the early subterfuge allowed the uneasy alliance between Berlin and Rome. This document, after agreements with the Reich outlines the Vatican's position on Communism

Rome, St. Peter's on the 19th of March, 1937, the 16th year of our Pontificate.PIUS XII

Summi Pontificatus: Encyclical on Unity of Human Society

This encyclical is remarkable because it marks the primary division between the Vatican and the Third Reich in their views of the Jews: it delineates a philosophy of non-discrimination based upon race. The Nazis saw the Jews as a race first and religion second, but the Vatican parted on racial discrimination in writings. The general principle then, becomes the umbrella for consideration of the Jews.

The Vatican-Reich Concordat

In 1933, von Papen and other officials met with Pius and the Vatican to reach a 'working relationship' between Rome and Berlin. One of the most famous documents of the Shoah, it set forth an agreement of cooperation between the Holy See and Germany, urging Bishops in Germany to enter into working relationships with the incoming government. The ideas were amended later in the document "With Burning Concern"