Da Capo Press
A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII
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- Dan Kurzman
- Da Capo Press
- Paperback
- 9780306816178
- 8.73 X 5.59 X 0.88 inches
- 0.74 pounds
- History > Military - World War II
- English
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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.
A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII
Author Bio
Dan Kurzman, a former foreign correspondent for The Washington Post, is the author of 16 books and the winner of five major literary and journalistic awards. His books include Fatal Voyage: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis; Left to Die: The Tragedy of the USS Juneau; and Genesis 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War. He lives in North Bergen, New Jersey.
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