00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Riebling, Mark aut Verfasser/-in Katholische Kirche Drittes Reich --Pope 1876-1958. 1876-1958 Pius--XII Catholic Church. 1939-1945--Vatican City. 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church. Germany. Church of spies the Pope's secret war against Hitler Mark Riebling New York Basic Books Zusammenfassung: History has accused wartime pontiff Pius the Twelfth of complicity in the Holocaust and dubbed him "Hitler's Pope." Riebling shows that, in reality, Pius ran the world's largest church, smallest state, and oldest spy service. Skimming from church charities to pay covert couriers, and surreptitiously tape-recording meetings with top Nazis, Pius played sent birthday cards to Hitler-- while secretly plotting to kill him. Fearing that overt protest would impede his covert actions, he muted his public response to Nazi crimes. 9780465022298 9780465022298 0465022294 0465022294 eng viii, 375 pages