The Pope's Jews

London: Alcove Press Limited, 1974. Very Good condition in a Near Very Good jacket (which is lightly soiled; with a few short tears reinforced with clear tape). NOT price clipped (£4.95). NOT a library discard. Previous owner's tiny stamp on endpaper. Hardcover. First Edition. Illustrated with 32 pages of prints and photos. Bound in the original lavender cloth, lettered in red and white on the spine. Bibliographical references. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "On a peaceful Synday afternoon in September, 1943, SS Major Herbert Kappler invited two leaders of Rome's Jewish community to discuss with him the small matter of 50 kilograms of gold. Supply it within 36 hours, he said, or 200 Jews would be deported to Nazi Germany... This is the almost forgotten story of a small community which lived through all the great tragic drama of European history from the rise and fall of the Roman Empire to the decline and death of the Fascist dictators. The author has done much original research to reconstruct a history which in its human scope is almost a parable of European civilization. Here is a tale of poverty and pestilence, of human fortitude seasoned at times with Jewish wit and Christian charity... Above all, the author has distinguished himself in his treatment of... the role of the papacy in the anti-Semitic holocaust instigated by Adolf Hitler.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Very Good jacket. 8vo. xiv, 487pp. + 32 pages of prints and photos.