Hitler's Pope

Secret History of Pius XII

Hitler's Pope is the previously untold story of the man who was arguably the most dangerous churchman in modern history: Eugenio Pacelli, Pius XII, Pontiff from 1939 to 1958 and long controversial as the Pope who failed to speak out against Adolf Hitler's Final Solution.
Here is the full story of how Eugenio Pacelli in fact prompted events in the 1920s and '30s that helped sweep the Nazis to unhindered power.
Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII by John Cornwell
ISBN: 0140296271

Consensus and Controversy: Defending Pope Pius XII

Architect of Peace, Sister Margherita Marchione uses extensive documentation from the war years themselves to combat the campaign of hatred that has smeared Pius XII's name as anti-Semitic. Firsthand sources reveal the Vatican's efforts for peace, as well as the grateful responses of Jewish leaders of the time.
ISBN: 0809140837

Inside the Vatican of Pius XII

A contribution to the history of the Catholic Church during World War II, this is an eyewitness account of the life and politics of the Vatican by an American who worked there from 1940 to 1944.
The question of whether Pius XII and the Vatican must bear blame for failing to act decisively in response to Hitler's Final Solution is as hotly debated today as in the years directly following World War II. Inside the Vatican of Pius XII presents for the first time the observations of an American diplomat who spent four years inside the Vatican.
Writing of his own activities as a diplomat, William Tittmann chronicles his role in assisting and hiding escaped prisoners of war and his experiences navigating the tensions of living side by side with the representatives of enemy states. Deftly conveying the beauty and solemnity of events that took place in the dramatic settings in St. Peter's, the Sistine Chapel, and the Pope's private chapel, William Tittmann's work will be valued by historians and students of history.
Inside the Vatican of Pius XII, The Memoir of an American diplomat during World War II by William Tittman
ISBN: 0385511299

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