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Operation Rabat

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1
Episode
5
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In September 1943, Adolf Hitler, furious at Mussolini's ouster, sent German troops to Rome and ordered SS General Karl Wolff, who had been Heinrich Himmler's main aide, to occupy the Vatican and kidnap (and possibly kill ) Pope Pius XII. At the same time as they planned to deport Rome's Jews to Auschwitz, Wolff began to play a dangerous game: blocking Hitler's plot against the pope, which he hoped would save him from the noose in case Germany lost the war. To save Pius XII, Wolff and other conspirators blackmailed him into silence when the Jews were rounded up, hoping that Hitler would cancel his order. A story of intrigue and betrayal, one of the most important stories ever told of the Second World War. In this episode we will try to nvestigate what is true in all of this. Is there any documented evidence in this incredible story? What went wrong? How was Pius XII saved?

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