Hitler's Pope

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'A superb work of objectíve and rigorous scholarship ... It will surely condemn a deeply flawed and profoundly unattractive character for cver' Peter Stanford, Sunday Times This hugely controversial, bestselling history telis the story of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Popé Pius XII, and arguably the most dangerous churchman of modern times. As Vatican Secretary of State, Pacelli signed an agreement with Hitler in 1933 that protected the power of the Catholic Church in exchange for their complete withdrawal from politics.This act proved fatal. When he became Popé Pius XII, he continually refused to condemn the Nazis - even though he was one of the first European leaders to be made aware of the Final Solution. And even when Italian Jews were rounded up under the walls of the Vatican and transported to the death camps. His failure to criticize Nazism, especially when seen in the light of his patent anti-Semitism, is one of the great scandals of wartime. Using a wealth of new... Tovább

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'A superb work of objectíve and rigorous scholarship ... It will surely condemn a deeply flawed and profoundly unattractive character for cver' Peter Stanford, Sunday Times This hugely controversial, bestselling history telis the story of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Popé Pius XII, and arguably the most dangerous churchman of modern times. As Vatican Secretary of State, Pacelli signed an agreement with Hitler in 1933 that protected the power of the Catholic Church in exchange for their complete withdrawal from politics.This act proved fatal. When he became Popé Pius XII, he continually refused to condemn the Nazis - even though he was one of the first European leaders to be made aware of the Final Solution. And even when Italian Jews were rounded up under the walls of the Vatican and transported to the death camps. His failure to criticize Nazism, especially when seen in the light of his patent anti-Semitism, is one of the great scandals of wartime. Using a wealth of new material, including Vatican documents, john Cornwell makes a firm and final indictment of Hitler's Pope's silence. 'Cornwell's gripping and impassioned book presents an indictment that cannot be ignored' Eamon Duffy, Sunday Telegraph 'This finely written work reads almost like a thriller ... bound to provoke Vatican fury' Júlia Pascal, Independcnt 'If true, this tale redeflnes the entire historv of the twentieth centurv' j j Tad Szulc, Washington Post '[A] fascinating new study ... As Cornwell brilliantlv demonstrates, Pius XII brought the authoritarianism and the centralization of his predecessors to their most extreme stage' Saul Friedlander, Los Angeles Times 'A serious study of a very complex character tossed about in the most tragic serie's of crises ever to afflict Europe' Professor Owen Chadvvick, Tablet Vissza