Annotated Bibliography

Bibliography Alvarez , David J . and Graham , Robert A . Nothing Sacred : Nazi Espionage against the Vatican , 1939-1945 ' Routledge , 1997 .This book documents the Nazi espionage campaign against the Vatican in the Second World War as Nazi Germany considered the Catholic Church a serious threat . The Vatican history and the papacy is exposed in this which seeks to prove fascinating intelligent explanations on the events surrounding Vatican and the Catholic Church

Conway , J .S . The Nazi Persecution of the Churches , 1933-1945 . Regent College , 2001 Hitler needed Church 's command over the region . The Centre

Party in Germany which is a stronghold of the Catholic Church was considered an obstacle to his plans for dominion . He approached Papen to draw suitable concessions to the Catholic Church and offered to draw a Concordat in the pretext of drawing a union between the German Nazi Party and the Vatican . Such terms he never intended to honor which resulted to persecutions on Catholic Churches all over Europe .Hen , Chiang . Two Thousand Years with the Word . Institute for Christianity , 2000 .Hen discusses lightly how anti-Semitic teaching helped fuel the Holocaust and discusses how the Vatican could have done more for the Jews . He has also provided some explanation for the Church 's actions base on some under-analyzed factors that lay unchallenged . One possible reason for a concordat in Germany was to strengthen the Catholic organization in a predominantly Protestand controlled Germany which explains how the church sacrificed the lives of people for its interests

Cornwell , John . Hitler 's Pope : The Secret History of Pius XII . Viking 1999

This book takes with great relish on what Pius did or did not do , what he should or should not have done , for potential victims of the Holocaust . His silence on the issue of German atrocities is speculated as cooperation to Hitler 's fascist government that allowed the slaughter of Jews and other minorities in Europe .Langmuir ,Gavin . The Fate of the European Jews , 1939-1945 : Continuity or Contingency ' ed . Jonathan Frankell , Oxford University Press , 1998 In an effort to explain how and why the Holocaust happened , Langmuir relates the historical anti-Semitism moves of the Church and the widespread hostility against the Jews . Likewise , Gavin in Langmuir relates the precipitating events which led to the extermination of the Jews and other minority groups in Europe Kick , Russell . Everything you know is wrong : The Disinformation Guide to secrets and lies . The Disinformation Company , 2002 A whole chapter discussed the Church 's fabricated stories on their alleged reason for signing a treaty with Nazi Germany and lays the blame on the Church 's interest and shady dealing along the lines of the Vatican Bank transactions with the Nazi Party .Murphy , Paul I . and Arlington , Rene . La Promessa ' New York : Warner Books Inc (1983 Murphy and Arlington discussed in detail how Pius XII 's predecessor might have been murdered prior to releasing a blunt message condemning the war and the Nazi behavior against the Jews . Before any message could be delivered , Pius XI died...