Title: The hidden pope
First published: 1998
Description: In The Hidden Pope, author Darcy O'Brien offers the account of the extraordinary relationship of Karol Wojtyla and Jerzy Kluger - their boyhood in the small Polish town of Wadowice, their separation at the beginning of World War II, their individual experiences under Nazi and Soviet tyranny, and their reunion almost thirty years later that deepened their friendship and made a profound impact on the history of our time.

Set in the perspective of monumental reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism, this is a portrait of John Paul II that describes him as only his closest friends know him and as no pope has ever been portrayed before. Readers will come to know the Holy Father as a man and to understand his most controversial ideas as expressions of his dramatic experience of life.
Subjects: Friends and associates, Biography, Childhood and youth, Popes, Jews, Large type books, New York Times reviewed, John paul ii, pope, 1920-2005, Jews, poland, Jews, biography, Christianity, Relations, Judaism
Places: Poland
People: John Paul II Pope (1920-2005), Jerzy Kluger
LC classification: BX1378.5 .O24 1998