Vatican City during World War II | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-13

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00:00:24 1 Background
00:00:58 2 Foreign relations
00:01:08 2.1 Pre-war mediation attempts
00:03:30 2.2 Public statements
00:04:00 2.2.1 Outbreak of war
00:05:22 2.2.2 Resistance
00:06:53 2.2.3 Invasion of Poland
00:07:49 2.2.4 Opposition to racism and anti-Semitism
00:09:03 2.2.5 1940 meeting with Ribbentrop
00:09:45 2.2.6 1942 Christmas message
00:11:21 2.3 Contacts to the German military opposition
00:16:06 2.4 Mid-war
00:16:47 3 Military history
00:17:11 3.1 Extraterritorial status
00:17:52 3.2 Bombing of Rome
00:18:53 3.3 Prisoners of war
00:19:37 4 Financial activity
00:19:47 5 Media
00:19:55 5.1 iOsservatore Romano/i
00:20:42 5.2 Vatican Radio
00:21:44 6 The Holocaust
00:24:33 6.1 Hugh O'Flaherty: the Vatican Pimpernel
00:25:54 7 Church organization
00:26:45 8 Immediate postwar aftermath
00:27:50 9 See also



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Vatican City pursued a policy of neutrality during World War II, under the leadership of Pope Pius XII. Although the city of Rome was occupied by Germany from 1943 and the Allies from 1944, Vatican City itself was not occupied. The Vatican organised extensive humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the conflict.