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Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII

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An edition of A Special Mission (2007)

Special Mission

Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII

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In September, 1943, Adolf Hitler, furious at the ouster of Mussolini, sent German troops into Rome with plans to deport Rome's Jews to Auschwitz. Hitler also ordered SS General Karl Wolff, who had been Heinrich Himmler's chief aide, to occupy the Vatican and kidnap Pope Pius XII. But Wolff began playing a dangerous game: stalling Hitler's kidnap plot, while blackmailing the pope into silence as the Jews were rounded up. This tale of intrigue and betrayal is one of the most important untold stories of World War II, and A Special Mission is the only book to give the full incredible account of Hitler's kidnap plot and its far-reaching consequences. - Publisher.

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Da Capo Press
Language
English
Pages
320

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Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII
May 26, 2008, Da Capo Press
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Cover of: A Special Mission
A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series)
September 19, 2007, Thorndike Press
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Cover of: A Special Mission
A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius the XII
May 30, 2007, Perseus Books Group
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Table of Contents

Prelude to madness
Wolff in the wolf's lair
The plotters
Flirting with treason
Fighting for Hitler's ear
The only way to save Germany
Closer to Himmler than to Himmel
A wandering dog
A prisoner of sorts
Out of fear of men
Living with God and the devil
A Blueprint for massacre
An agonizing dilemma
The art of examining walls
Driven by a greater Cause
Eve of desperation
"But they promised me"
A bargain in blood
The mathematics of murder
The path to the Vatican
The odd couple
Meeting a new conqueror
Saved from the noose

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Cambridge, MA

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Library of Congress
D810.C6

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xvii, 285 p., [8] p. of plates
Number of pages
320
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9685762M
ISBN 10
0306816172
ISBN 13
9780306816178
Library Thing
3213311
Goodreads
4170166

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