The Nazis, the Vatican, and the Jews of Rome

Patrick J. Gallo was an adjunct professor of history and political science at New York University until his retirement. He is the author of nine books, including two classic works about the Italian American experience: Ethnic Alienation: The Italian-Americans and Old Bread, New Wine: Portrait of Italian-Americans. His published works also include For Love and Country: The Italian Resistance and Pope Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Revisionists. His articles have appeared in the New York Times and scholarly journals. He was a scholar-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome, taught at Loyola University's Rome Center, received New York University's DAS Prize for Research as well as New Jersey Social Science Teacher of the Year, and was awarded NEH and Fulbright grants. Gallo has served as a consultant on Holocaust education, ethnic studies, intergroup relations, and the documentary Oro Macht Frei.

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Chief 2. Germany's Fanatic Determination to Fight 3. I'll Go Right into the Vatican 4. I Wanted to Make an Air Drop in Rome 5. The Worst Horrors of the Nazi Regime 6. Do Not Worry 7. Like a City of the Dead 8. The Reincarnation of the Dying Corpse 9. I Have a Special Mission for You 10. A Final Solution to the Jewish Question 11. We Must Disperse the People 12. The Byzantine Christ 13. If You Pay, No Harm Will Come to You 14. We Had the Moral Right 15. Keep Out of All Questions Concerning Jews 16. Like Autumn Leaves Lay Waiting 17. Los! Raus! Schnel! 18. It Is Simply Impossible to Refuse 19. Let's Go Make a Few Phone Calls 20. Train X70469 21. Numbers 1581-158639 22. These Jews Will Never Return to Their Homes 23. He Is No Longer Our Rabbi 24. A Connection to the Pope 25. We Have Contended with Diabolical Forces 26. I Was Only an Executor of Orders Epilogue: I Must Go Back and Tell Notes Bibliography Index