About the book: 2022 / The controversy about Pope Pius XII, the head of the Vatican during the Second World War, has not subsided to this day. Did Dad know about the Holocaust? If he knew, what did he do to help the victims? Why did he never make a public protest? In 2020, the current Pope Francis declassified the archives of Pius XII ahead of schedule to allow researchers to find answers to these and other questions about the controversial period of Vatican politics. Johan Ickx has been working in the Vatican archives for more than twenty years. Who better than him can tell about these documents? Based on reliable evidence, the author reconstructs the events in which Pius XII and the Bureau, his closest associates, were the main characters. And he strives to uncover one of the still unsolved mysteries of World War II. Written brightly and captivatingly, the book will be of interest not only to specialists, but also to a wide range of readers. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.