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Città del Vaticano 1939 (2 marzo) - 1945 (7 maggio) CercaDefinizione
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Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII on March 2, 1939. World War II begins with Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. During World War II, Pius XII's efforts on behalf of Catholic non-Aryans are primarily diplomatic, although Vatican City and many Catholic institutions shelter tens of thousands of Jews. (en-US)
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Kulka, Otto Dov and Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, eds. Judaism and Christianity under the Impact of National Socialism. Jerusalem: Historical Society of Israel and the Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History, 1987. pp. 438-439