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Vatican papers reveal extent of Jews slaughter known
Vatican documents show aides to Pope Pius XII knew of Nazi mass killings of Jews. Archbishop Roncalli's 1933 report to Msgr. Montini mentions Katyn, while later archives note Vatican awareness of extermination camps, deportations, and failed actions to speed Mussolini's fall, impacting Rome and Poland during World War II.
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Rome
Vatican
Pius XII
Germany
Pius
Hitler
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
John XXII
Roncalli
Istanbul
Giovanni Battista Montini
Paul VI
Europe
Msgr
Montini
Pope Pius
Rodealli
Istanhil
Msgr. Montini
Ankara
Franz von Papen
Katyn
Poland
Pope Pius XII
France
Netherlands
Myron Taylor
Roosevelt
Pius XI
Papacy
Italy
City of
Taylor
United States
Mussolini