Unholy Trinity: The Vatican’s Nazis, Soviet Intelligence and the Swiss Banks

384 Pages·2017·3.67 MB·English

by  Mark Aarons

Unholy Trinity
The Vatican’s Nazis, Soviet Intelligence
and the Swiss Banks
Mark Aarons and John Loftus
CONTENTS
About the Authors
Also by the Authors
Glossary and Abbreviations
Note on Serbo-Croatian Pronunciations
Quotes
Preface
PART 1: The Church’s War against Communism
1. A Spectre Was Haunting Europe
2. Bishop Hudal and the First Wave
3. A French Spy in the Vatican
4. A Staggering Blow to the Holy See
5. Ratline
6. The Golden Priest
PART 2: Communism’s War against the Church
7. The Vatican’s Black Orchestra
8. The Catholic Army of Ukraine
9. Diplomacy and Deceit
10. The Philby Connection
11. Barbie and the American Ratlines
12. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Copyright
About the Authors
Mark Aarons was an investigative reporter for the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, whose exposé of Nazi war criminals prompted major changes to
Australian law. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including War
Criminals Welcome, an account of the recruitment of Nazi war criminals by
Australian intelligence, and their deployment in domestic politics.
John Loftus was an attorney in the US Justice Department’s Office of Special
Investigations, which pursued Nazi war criminals who illegally settled in
America after World War II. He is the author or co-author of six books,
including America’s Nazi Secret, an exposé of the recruitment of Nazi war
criminals by US intelligence.
Their collaboration on exposing war criminals led to a major investigation of the
Vatican’s role in Nazi-smuggling, which is the subject of this book. Their
sequel, The Secret War Against the Jews, expanded this work, also uncovering
the duplicity and treachery of Western nations towards Israel.
Also by Mark Aarons
Sanctuary! Nazi Fugitives in Australia East Timor: A Western Made Tragedy
(with Robert Domm) War Criminals Welcome The Family File The Show
Also by John Loftus
The Belarus Secret L'affreux secret Valhalla’s Wake America’s Nazi Secret
Also by Mark Aarons and John Loftus
The Secret War Against the Jews
Note on Serbo-Croatian Pronunciations
We have used the Croatian characters for key words in the text. To assist the
reader to understand the English pronunciations we provide the following
explanations:
Serbo-Croatian Character v. English Pronunciation
Ć/ć
Soft ‘ch’, as in Draganović/Draganovich
Č/č
Hard ‘ch’, as in Simčić/Simchich
Š/š
‘Sh’, as in Ustaše/Ustashe
Ž/ž
‘Zh’, as in Križari/Krizhari
For Susan and Robyn
‘In any case I long ago realized that it is almost impossible for a layman and a
non-Catholic, and indeed for most Catholics and ecclesiastics outside the
Vatican City, to form a valid judgment or express an authoritative opinion on
Papal policy. The Pope’s decision may, or must be influenced by so many
imponderable or invisible elements. Moreover, not only is the atmosphere of the
Vatican supranational and universal ... but it is also fourth-dimensional and, so to
speak, outside of time ... for example, they can regard the savoy dynasty as an
interlude, and the Fascist era as an incident, in the history of Rome and Italy.
They reckon in centuries and plan for eternity and this inevitably renders their
policy inscrutable, confusing and, on occasion, reprehensible to practical and
time-conditioned minds.’1
Sir D’Arcy Osborne,
British Ambassador to the Vatican,
March 1947
‘I gather that … some arrangement has been worked out with Vatican and
Argentina … protecting not only Quislings but also (those) … guilty of terrible
crimes committed in Yugoslavia. I presume we must protect our agents even
though it disgusts me … we are conniving with Vatican and Argentina to get
guilty people to haven in latter country.’2
John Moors Cabot, American Ambassador to Belgrade, June
1947