History Channel special: This special is based on the book The Battle for Rome. Its author, Robert Katz, was subject to five penal proceedings over the years for his contention that fear of Communism produced a Faustian pact between the Vatican and the occupying Germans. The research draws on interviews with participants inside the city, and also on previously secret documents from Italian, German, Vatican, OSS and CIA archives. As we look unflinchingly at unresolved controversies, we see Rome as the hotbed of assassination, intrigue, treason, and bravery that it was.
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