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{it} Carlo Falconi. Il silenzio di Pio XII. Milano [Italy]: Sugar Editore, 1965.

Translations

• {fr} Le silence de Pie XII, tr. Viviana Pâques. Monaco : Éditions du Rocher, 1965
• {de} Das Schweigen des Papstes, tr. Charlotte Birnbaum. München [Germany]: Kindler, 1966.
• {en} The Silence of Pius XII, tr. Bernard Wall. London: Faber; Boston: Little, Brown, 1970

Abstract

"It is a chillingly convincing picture of Pope Pius XII, a devastating portrait of a man so caught up in diplomacy that he could not abandon it for more radical means of action. Carlos Falconi reveals the reasons why a man of Pius XII's courageous character and vast power maintained almost total silence, even though he knew the immensity of Hitler's atrocities."--

Contents

Foreword -- Introduction: the silence of Pius XII. The problem: its significance and limits -- Part one: the problem in general -- Part two: the case of Poland -- Part three: the case of Croatia.

About the Author

A Catholic priest (1938-1949), he left the priesthood and became a journalist.