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Giuseppe Burzio (1901-1966), born Cambiano, Italy, was a Vatican diplomat and Roman Catholic Archbishop.〔(Archbishop Giuseppe Burzio [Catholic-Hierarchy] )〕 Ordained in 1924,〔 he later served as the Holy See's Apostolic Delegate to Bratislava during World War Two. He protested the antisemitism and totalitarianism of the Nazi aligned Slovakian regime of Josef Tiso.〔 Pope Pius XII appointed the 39-year-old Burzio to bring pressure to bare on the Slovakian government. Burzio advised Rome of the deteriorating situation for Jews in the Nazi puppet state, sparking Vatican protests on behalf of Jews.〔(Phayer, ''The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965 ), p. 88〕 Burzio also lobbied the Slovakian government directly.〔Phayer, p. 89〕 In 1942 Burzio and others reported to Tiso that the Germans were murdering Slovakia's deported Jews. Tiso hesitated and then refused to deport Slovakia's 24,000 remaining Jews.〔(''The Holocaust in Slovakia'' ); published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum〕 When the transportation began again in 1943 Burzio challenged Prime Minister Tuka over the extermination of Slovak Jews. The Vatican condemned the renewal of the deportations on 5 May and the Slovakian episcopate issued a pastoral letter condemning totalitarianism and antisemitism on 8 May 1943.〔(''The Churches and the Deportation and Persecution of Jews in Slovakia'' ); by Livia Rothkirchen; Vad Yashem.〕 In August 1944, the Slovak National Uprising rose against the People's Party regime. German troops were sent to quell the rebellion and with them came security police charged with rounding up Slovakia's remaining Jews.〔http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007324〕 Burzio begged Tiso directly to at least spare Catholic Jews from transportation and delivered an admonition from the Pope: "the injustice wrought by his government is harmful to the prestige of his country and enemies will exploit it to discredit clergy and the Church the world over.”〔(The Churches and the Deportation and Persecution of Jews in Slovakia ); by Livia Rothkirchen; Vad Yashem.〕 Following the war, he was ordained Titular Archbishop of Gortyna in 1946. He was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Cuba in 1950 and resigned the position in 1955.〔 ==See also== *Catholic Church and Nazi Germany *Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust *The Holocaust 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Giuseppe Burzio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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