A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII

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.

Author: Dan Kurzman
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 05/27/2008
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.73h x 5.59w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9780306816178
ISBN10: 0306816172
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military | World War II
- History | Europe | Germany
- Religion | Christianity | History

About the Author
Dan Kurzman, former foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, is the award-winning author of sixteen highly acclaimed books, including Fatal Voyage and The Bravest Battle. He lives in New Jersey.