The Nazis, the Vatican, and the Jews of Rome

"Gallo relies mainly on German sources and offers fascinating comments on an enormous historiography". —Shrapnel

"Pat Gallo's The Nazis, the Vatican, and the Jews of Rome is a serious examination of the historical record, currently available, of the actions of the Vatican during World War II. It is comprehensive and accurate. When many so-called historians have published their theories based on conjecture rather than the facts, it is imperative that true history emerges from those honestly researching this subject." —Gary Krupp, President and Founder, Pave the Way Foundation

"In this engrossing and well-documented work, Pat Gallo vividly sets forth the horrors of the October 1943 Nazi roundup of Roman Jews. Readers cannot help but be appalled by the wickedness of perpetrators, experience the fear of victims, and admire the efforts of Jewish and Catholic resistors and rescuers. Gallo makes a significant contribution by bringing light to this important but often overlooked episode from World War II." —Ronald J. Rychlak, author of Hitler, the War, and the Pope

"Patrick Gallo's new book focuses on two crucial events of World War II: the Nazis' harrowing roundup of Rome's Jews in October 1943 and the Vatican's reaction to it. Though countless books have been written about the latter, Gallo's work stands out due to the author's careful attention to the facts and judicious assessments. Drawing from a wide spectrum of primary sources, Gallo captures the terror of the Nazi raid, while highlighting the genuine heroes who risked their lives opposing it, saving thousands of lives. As such, The Nazis, the Vatican, and the Jews of Rome will prove a major and lasting contribution to the historiography of the Holocaust." —William Doino Jr. , lead contributor to The Pius War: Responses to the Critics of Pius XII

"Scholars and others who cling to the myth of the pope's indifference to the plight of Jews and/or his sympathy for the Germans' cause, will have a more difficult time after reading Patrick Gallo's well-researched and very readable new book." —Catholic Social Science Review