Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Political Papal Life
2. Issues, Sources, and Papal Aims and Means
3. What Pius Knew about the Holocaust
4. What Pius Said about the War
5. An Examination of the Reasons: The Least Likely
6. The Need for Protection of German Catholics
7. Vatican Diplomacy Has Always Been Cautious
8. A Crisis of Conscience for German Catholics
9. Pius Feared Communism More than Nazism
10. Pius Wanted to Serve as Mediator in the War
11. A Papal Protest Would Have Made Things Worse
12. Pope Pius’ Personality
13. The Effect of a Strong Protest: Virtual History
14. Pius and the Countries of German-Dominated Europe
15. Conclusion: A Pathetic and Tremendous Figure
Bibliography
Index