A Special Mission Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius XII

September, 1943. Adolf Hitler is furious that his ally and friend Benito Mussolini has been toppled from power in Italy. He sends German troops into Rome and outlines "a special mission" to SS General Karl Wolff. The mission: to seize the Vatican and kidnap Pope Pius XII. Documentary evidence later reveals that all members of the Curia - and perhaps the pope -were to be assassinated. The first journalist to interview General Wolff on his release from prison, Dan Kurzman tells an extraordinary tale of intrigue and betrayal. Book jacket.