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Author:

Kurzman, Dan.

Title:

A special mission : Hitler's secret plot to seize the Vatican and kidnap Pope Pius XII / Dan Kurzman.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xvii, 285 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Germany--Catholic Church.--Catholic Church.
Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Germany.
Political kidnapping.
Pius--XII,--Pope,--1876-1958.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Vatican City--Strategic aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index.

Contents:

Prelude to madness -- Wolff in the wolf's lair -- The plotters -- Flirting with treason -- Fighting for Hitler's ear -- The only way to save Germany -- Closer to Himmler than to Himmel -- A wandering dog -- A prisoner of sorts -- Out of fear of men -- Living with God and the devil -- A Blueprint for massacre -- An agonizing dilemma -- The art of examining walls -- Driven by a greater Cause -- Eve of desperation -- "But they promised me" -- A bargain in blood -- The mathematics of murder -- The path to the Vatican -- The odd couple -- Meeting a new conqueror -- Saved from the noose.

ISBN:

0306816172 (pbk.)
9780306816178 (pbk.)
0306814684 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780306814686 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85019092

LCCN:

2007007454

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)