Published 2013 by Prometheus Books
God and the Fascists: The Vatican Alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavelić edited by Peter Gorenflos, translated by Richard Pepper—First English Translation. Copyright © 2013 by Peter Gorenflos. First published October 1965 by Hans E. Günther Verlag, Stuttgart, with original German title, Mit Gott und den Faschisten, by Karlheinz Deschner, © Karlheinz Deschner. October 1965 by Hans E. Günther Verlag Stuttgart.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Deschner, Karlheinz.
[Mit Gott und den Faschisten. English]
God and the fascists : the Vatican alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavelic / by Karlheinz Deschner ; translated into English by Richard Pepper.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61614-837-9 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-61614-838-6 (ebook)
1. Fascism and the Catholic Church. 2. Pius XI, Pope, 1857–1939. 3. Pius XII, Pope, 1876–1958. I. Title.
BX1377.D413 2013
282.09’04—dc23
2013022365
Printed in the United States of America