The Pope at War, page 85
invasion of Italy and, 288
Italy’s military preparedness and, 73
meeting with Italian military leaders to end war, 549n14
meeting with Welles, 513n14
Mussolini’s overthrow and, 288–89, 296, 309
Mussolini warned not to trust, 311, 312
Nazis and, 73
opposed to Italy entering war, 125
Pius XII’s blessing of, 96
on power of monarchy, 513n14
resolution to return military control to, 308
separate peace and, 284–85, 549n12
throne ceded by, 466–67
Visconti Venosta, Giovanni, 437, 438, 439, 574n18
W
Wannsee Conference, 359
Weizsäcker, Ernst von
appointed ambassador to Vatican, 295–96
basic facts about, xxvi, 294–95
on celebration of Pius XII’s fifth anniversary of coronation, 411
cooperation of Vatican with, 352–55, 558n15
German occupation of Rome and safety of Pius XII, 349, 558n15
German proposal to fight Communism, 451–52
German raids on Catholic institutions in Rome hiding Jews and, 401–2, 569n30
as “good Nazi,” 295
on Italian hostility to Catholic Church for supporting Fascism, 332
Jews rounded up and detained in Rome, 564–65
money to compensate for damage to Vatican, 352–53
occupation of Italy by German military and, 326
on Pacelli’s election as pope, 493n17
Pius XII as peacemaker and, 45
on Pius XII’s silence about roundup, deportation, and extermination of Jews in Rome, 370, 561n26
on relationship between Guariglia and Maglione, 321
relationship with Pius XII, 415, 446, 576n10
Rome as open city and, 357
Welles, Sumner
Ciano and, 123
on Hitler, 120
Mussolini and, 103–4, 120–21, 512n14
Pius XII and, 120–21, 512n14
on swift German victories and Italy entering war, 124
Victor Emmanuel III and, 513n14
on Weizsäcker, 294
“We Remember” (Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews), 463–64
World War II, as Christian crusade, 207, 530n7
Y
Yugoslavia, 197
Z
Zanussi, Giacomo, 341–42
Zionist movement, 274–76, 547n4
Zolli, Israel, 360, 361, 560n4
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Also by David I. Kertzer
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
Amalia’s Tale: A Poor Peasant, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice
Prisoner of the Vatican: The Popes’ Secret Plot to Capture Rome from the New Italian State
The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe
The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Politics and Symbols: The Italian Communist Party and the Fall of Communism
Sacrificed for Honor: Italian Infant Abandonment and the Politics of Reproductive Control
Ritual, Politics, and Power
Comrades and Christians: Religion and Political Struggle in Communist Italy
Family Life in Central Italy, 1880-1910: Sharecropping, Wage Labor, and Coresidence
Family, Political Economy, and Demographic Change The Transformation of Life in Casalecchio, Italy, 1861–1921 (with Dennis Hogan)
About the Author
David I. Kertzer is the Paul Dupee, Jr., University Professor of Social Science and professor of anthropology and Italian studies at Brown University, where he previously served as provost. He is the author of twelve previous books, including The Pope and Mussolini, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a National Book Award finalist. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Kertzer and his wife, Susan, live in Rhode Island and Maine.
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Italy’s military preparedness and, 73
meeting with Italian military leaders to end war, 549n14
meeting with Welles, 513n14
Mussolini’s overthrow and, 288–89, 296, 309
Mussolini warned not to trust, 311, 312
Nazis and, 73
opposed to Italy entering war, 125
Pius XII’s blessing of, 96
on power of monarchy, 513n14
resolution to return military control to, 308
separate peace and, 284–85, 549n12
throne ceded by, 466–67
Visconti Venosta, Giovanni, 437, 438, 439, 574n18
W
Wannsee Conference, 359
Weizsäcker, Ernst von
appointed ambassador to Vatican, 295–96
basic facts about, xxvi, 294–95
on celebration of Pius XII’s fifth anniversary of coronation, 411
cooperation of Vatican with, 352–55, 558n15
German occupation of Rome and safety of Pius XII, 349, 558n15
German proposal to fight Communism, 451–52
German raids on Catholic institutions in Rome hiding Jews and, 401–2, 569n30
as “good Nazi,” 295
on Italian hostility to Catholic Church for supporting Fascism, 332
Jews rounded up and detained in Rome, 564–65
money to compensate for damage to Vatican, 352–53
occupation of Italy by German military and, 326
on Pacelli’s election as pope, 493n17
Pius XII as peacemaker and, 45
on Pius XII’s silence about roundup, deportation, and extermination of Jews in Rome, 370, 561n26
on relationship between Guariglia and Maglione, 321
relationship with Pius XII, 415, 446, 576n10
Rome as open city and, 357
Welles, Sumner
Ciano and, 123
on Hitler, 120
Mussolini and, 103–4, 120–21, 512n14
Pius XII and, 120–21, 512n14
on swift German victories and Italy entering war, 124
Victor Emmanuel III and, 513n14
on Weizsäcker, 294
“We Remember” (Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews), 463–64
World War II, as Christian crusade, 207, 530n7
Y
Yugoslavia, 197
Z
Zanussi, Giacomo, 341–42
Zionist movement, 274–76, 547n4
Zolli, Israel, 360, 361, 560n4
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Also by David I. Kertzer
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
Amalia’s Tale: A Poor Peasant, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice
Prisoner of the Vatican: The Popes’ Secret Plot to Capture Rome from the New Italian State
The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe
The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican’s Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Politics and Symbols: The Italian Communist Party and the Fall of Communism
Sacrificed for Honor: Italian Infant Abandonment and the Politics of Reproductive Control
Ritual, Politics, and Power
Comrades and Christians: Religion and Political Struggle in Communist Italy
Family Life in Central Italy, 1880-1910: Sharecropping, Wage Labor, and Coresidence
Family, Political Economy, and Demographic Change The Transformation of Life in Casalecchio, Italy, 1861–1921 (with Dennis Hogan)
About the Author
David I. Kertzer is the Paul Dupee, Jr., University Professor of Social Science and professor of anthropology and Italian studies at Brown University, where he previously served as provost. He is the author of twelve previous books, including The Pope and Mussolini, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a National Book Award finalist. He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Kertzer and his wife, Susan, live in Rhode Island and Maine.
davidkertzer.com
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