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Vatican documents show secret back channel between Pope Pius XII and Adolph Hitler

A series of recently opened Vatican archives are shedding new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Adolph Hitler as he led Nazi Germany during World War II. A new book takes a deeper look at these revelations. Historian David Kertzer, author of “The Pope At War: The Secret History of Pope Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler,” joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

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A series of recently opened Vatican archives are shedding new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Adolph Hitler as he led Nazi Germany during World War II. A new book takes a deeper look at these revelations. Historian David Kertzer, author of “The Pope At War: The Secret History of Pope Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler,” joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

Highlights

  • A series of recently opened Vatican archives shed new light on the relationship between Pope Pius XII and Adolph Hitler as he led Nazi Germany during World War II.
  • A new book takes a deeper look at these revelations.
  • Historian David Kertzer, author of “The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XI, Mussolini, and Hitler," joins Amna Nawaz on “The “NewsHour” at 10 p.m.
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  • Nawaz: In 2020, in 2020, the Vatican released millions of documents that were previously hidden from public view.
  • These include transcripts of negotiations between the pope and Nazis.