One result of the storm over Eichmann in Jerusalem was Arendt's generous support for the young Swiss author Rolf Hochhuth
when his play The Deputy, 1964, aroused similar controversy with its allegation that Pope Pius XII
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11 February 1929: Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty, or Concordat...
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11 February 1929
Mussolini
signed the Lateran Treaty, or Concordat with the Pope
: this gave sanction to the Fascist
regime in Italy, and set up the independent microstate of Vatican City in Rome.
Johnson, Richard William. “I’m all for it”. London Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2000, pp. 11-12.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
“12 February 1929. Fascism and the Vatican”. Guardian Weekly, 12 Feb. 2016, p. 22.
1939: Pope Pius XII became the first pope to use...
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1939
Pope Pius XII
became the first pope to use a motor car regularly.
Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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16 October 1943: 1,060 Jews resident in Rome were deported...
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16 October 1943
1,060 Jews resident in Rome were deported to death camps, although the German ambassador there took the remarkable step of suggesting to the Pope
that he might prevent it.
Johnson, Richard William. “I’m all for it”. London Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2000, pp. 11-12.
