Hitler’s Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, John Cornwell. Published by Viking, 1999. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 430pp. with glossy black and white photos, notes, index. Quarter black over red boards. In fine condition and housed in a fine jacket with the lightest of shelf wear.
An award-winning Roman Catholic journalist presents a shocking record, drawing from secret archives, of the career of Pope Pius XII, showing his long-term collaboration with the Nazis and his anti-Semitism, and discusses his continuing influence. “Pacelli’s failure to respond to the enormity of the Holocaust was more than a personal failure, it was a failure of the papal office itself and the prevailing culture of Catholicism.”
