Wolf, Hubert.

Pope and Devil : the Vatican's archives and the Third Reich / Hubert Wolf ; translated by Kenneth Kronenberg. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. - 325 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neutralizing evil? Vatican prescriptions for Germany (1917-1929) -- Perfidious Jews? The battle in the Vatican over anti-Semitism (1928) -- The pact with the Devil? The Reichskonkordat (1930-1933) -- Molto delicato? The Roman Curia and the persecution of the Jews (1933-1939) -- Dogma or diplomacy? The Catholic worldview and Nazi ideology (1933-1939).

In rich detail, Wolf presents astonishing findings from the recently opened Vatican archives--discoveries that clarify the relations between National Socialism and the Vatican. He illuminates the thinking of the popes, cardinals, and bishops who saw themselves in a historic struggle against evil. --from publisher description


Translated from the German.

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Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Germany.
Catholic Church--History--20th century.


National socialism and religion.
Nacionalsocialismo y religión.
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Germany--Foreign relations--Catholic Church.
Germany--Foreign relations--1918-1933.
Germany--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
Alemania--Relaciones exteriores--1918-1933.

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