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A review by davidnic
O papa contra Hitler: A guerra secreta da Igreja contra o nazismo by Mark Riebling
5.0
Heavily documented and thoroughly researched. The slander against Pope Pius XII, as Hitlers Pope, began with communist propaganda and the publication of the play "The Deputy" during the cold war. It accelerated with armchair history and easily refuted books all through the end of the 20th century. This book adds to the growing amount of undeniable fact, mostly known prior to the propaganda, that the Pope played a vital role in opposing Hitler and saving lives. As the New York Times wrote of the Pope during the conflict: “This Christmas more than ever he is a lonely voice crying out in the silence of a continent.”
Church of Spies goes beyond the little the public at the time knew and shows the level of cooperation between the German resistance of Admiral Canaris and the Vatican. Including the moral justification (From St. Thomas Aquinas) used that led the Pope (With material and strategic support) and the resistance to engage in attempted Tyrannicide in two assassination plots. It also covers the saving of over 4000 Roman Jews by the orders of the Pope through shelter in the Vatican and hiding them in monasteries and convents.
This does not rewrite the historical record, it reclaims it from the false narrative that developed in the cold war and was perpetuated by poor history toward the end of the last century.
It also brings to greater public light the hero Dr. Josef Mueller, who suffered much and risked much to oppose the Nazis. His story should be taught over and over as an example of courage.
Church of Spies goes beyond the little the public at the time knew and shows the level of cooperation between the German resistance of Admiral Canaris and the Vatican. Including the moral justification (From St. Thomas Aquinas) used that led the Pope (With material and strategic support) and the resistance to engage in attempted Tyrannicide in two assassination plots. It also covers the saving of over 4000 Roman Jews by the orders of the Pope through shelter in the Vatican and hiding them in monasteries and convents.
This does not rewrite the historical record, it reclaims it from the false narrative that developed in the cold war and was perpetuated by poor history toward the end of the last century.
It also brings to greater public light the hero Dr. Josef Mueller, who suffered much and risked much to oppose the Nazis. His story should be taught over and over as an example of courage.