Against the background of persecution of Jewish people during World War II , Temple jointly founded with Chief Rabbi Joseph Hertz the Council of Christians and Jews to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of prejudice in Britain . In March 1943 , Temple addressed the House of Lords , urging action to be taken on the atrocities being carried out by Nazi Germany . He said : Temple drew criticism from his numerous Quaker connections , by writing an introduction to " Christ and Our Enemies " which did not condemn the Allied carpet bombing of Germany citing the fact that he was " not only non-pacifist but anti-pacifist "
persecution of Jewish people during World War II
The Holocaust
William Temple (bishop)