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Les nuages de Pie XII (http://www.pompougnac-daniel.com/06telech/musique/00mes_morceaux/songs/cd3_chambre_nuages/Les nuages de Pie XII.mp3)

Hitler and Pius XII : musical enquiries

A piece of music can tell many speachless stories, and even convoke History. Why not ?

Second World War showed us that horror created by humans beings had no limits.

However, while some people perpetuate atrocities, others, confined to a passive attitude, just let them happen relentlessly.
Hilter built up meticulously this horror and many people might have been able to oppose it, but their behaviour at that time still draws questions today.

So, did pope Pius XII leave the open field for the butchers or did he, working underground, save a lot of Jews ?
On the web, in the world, people struggle about it. Even catholics are very divided. This subject is harshly argued, in view of the probable canonization of this pope.
But there was no controversy over his predecessor Pius XI, who clearly denounced antisemitism which he considered "inadmissible, because, spiritually, we are all Semites".

I just wanted to ask this question to myself, throught these few music notes and this original movie soundscape.
Nothing more. But I had to make my own idea.

Get yourself one too.

Thank's to Stanlea and Sobontonoj (translation)
Sounds : Youtube / Freesound

Hitler et Pie XII : questions.

Une pièce musicale peut raconter plein d'histoires sans paroles, et peut même interroger l'Histoire. Pourquoi pas ?

La seconde guerre mondiale a démontré que l'horreur engendré par l'être humain n'avait pas de limites.
Cependant, il y a ceux qui créent l'horreur et ceux qui la laissent se dérouler inexorablement, sans espoir de retour, par leur attitude passive.

Hitler a construit méticuleusement, maniaquement, cette horreur, et nombreux ont été ceux qui avaient peut-être le pouvoir de s'y opposer, mais dont l'action pose encore question aujourd'hui.
Ainsi, le pape Pie XII a t-il laissé le champ libre aux bouchers, ou a t-il, par une travail souterrain, sauvé de nombreux juifs ?
Sur Internet, dans le monde, c'est l'affrontement à ce sujet, au regard d'une éventuelle canonisation de ce pape.
Les catholiques eux-mêmes sont très divisés.
Mais la polémique n'a pourtant pas existé pour son prédécesseur, Pie XI, clair dans ses propos, qui dénonçait l’antisémitisme qu’il jugeait "inadmissible, car spirituellement nous sommes tous sémites".
J'ai juste voulu, moi aussi, me poser la question, par le biais de ces quelques notes de musiques et de cet environnement de bande originale de film.
Rien de plus. Mais j'avais besoin de me faire une idée.

Faites-vous la vôtre.

Daniel Pompougnac

Daniel,
I often wonder what atrocities could have been avoided if each and every pope down through the centuries had strictly forbidden  their church members from participating in the torture, killing, and destruction that is inherent in war. I imagine what might happen if all the other religious authorities took a similar stand. I ask myself how many conflicts could have been settled peacefully if conscientious individuals around the world (including German and Italian Christians in the second world war) chose not to take up arms.

Thankyou for an outstanding musical tapestry, and for addressing a concept which is too often ignored.
Oren.

This is a stunningly evocative work. I will be keeping this.