Hitler's pope : the secret history of Pius XII
In Hitler's Pope award-winning journalist John Cornwell shows that Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII, was instrumental in negotiating an accord that helped the Nazis rise to unhindered power -- and sealed the fate of the Jews in Europe." "Drawing upon secret Vatican and Jesuit archives to which he had unprecedented access, Cornwell tells the full, tragic story of how narcissism, long-standing personal antipathy for the Jews, and political and spiritual ambition combined to make Pius the most dangerous churchman in history. Not just a firm and final indictment of Pius XII's papacy, Hitler's Pope is also a searing exploration of its lingering consequences for the Catholic Church today. Book jacket.
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Physical Description
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xiv, 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm - Publisher New York : Penguin Books, 2000.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : Viking, 1999. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-415) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Pacellis -- Hidden life -- Papal power games -- To Germany -- Pacelli and Weimar -- The glittering diplomat -- Hitler and German Catholicism -- Hitler and Pacelli -- The concordat in practice -- Pius XI speaks out -- Darkness over Europe -- Triumph -- Pacelli, pope of peace -- Friend of Croatia -- The holiness of Pius XII -- Pacelli and the Holocaust -- The Jews of Rome -- Savior of Rome -- Church triumphant -- Absolute power -- Pius XII Redivivus. |