The Power Struggle for Peace and Conflict Between the Catholic Church and the German Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) (Nazi) Government During World War II (1939 – 1945): The Reason Italian Pope Eugenia Pacelli (Pius XII) is Viewed as a Controversial Figure Within the History of the Catholic Church, the Reason Pacelli’s Canonization Has Been Paused (Suspended) During the 21st Century, the State of Germany Post World War I (1914 – 1918), the Development of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Post World War I, the Strategy of Oppressive European Governments Post World War I, Pacelli’s Experience With International Politics and Diplomacy During the Early 20th Century, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei’s View of Secularism and the Ethnicity Targeted by the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, the Person Italian Pope Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (Pope Pius XI) Requested Act as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Catholic Church in 1930, the Date the Lateran Treaty Was Signed and the Significance of This Document, the Benefit of the Lateran Treaty for the Catholic Church, the Benefit of the Lateran Treaty for the Italian Government, the Agreement Created Between the Catholic Church and the Italian Government From the Lateran Treaty, the Reason the Lateran Treaty Benefited Both the Catholic Church and the Italian Government, the Date German Chancellor Adolf Hitler Became Chancellor of Germany and the Date the First Anti-Jewish Legislation Was Instituted Within Germany, the Ideologies Which the German Government Combatted During the Mid 20th Century, the Person Who Negotiated the Konkordat Zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und dem Deutschen Reich (Concordat Between the Holy See and the German Reich Treaty) (Reichskonkordat), the Reason the Konkordat Zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und dem Deutschen Reich Was Developed, the Terms of the Konkordat Zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und dem Deutschen Reich, the Reason the Konkordat Zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und dem Deutschen Reich Was Viewed as Controversial During the 1930’s, the European Governments Which Dismantled the Political Influence and Authority of the Catholic Church, Many Catholics Refusing to Remain Politically Silent During World War II, the Government Which Violated the Terms and Conditions of the Konkordat Zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und dem Deutschen Reich, the Number of Formal Complaints the Catholic Church Sent the German Government Post the Konkordat Zwischen dem Heiligen Stuhl und dem Deutschen Reich, the Most Formal and Highest Impact Statement the Catholic Church Can Issue, the Person Who Produced the Mit Brennender Sorge (With Deep Anxiety) Encyclical and the Message Within This Document, the Reason the Catholic Church Smuggled the Mit Brennender Sorge Encyclical Into Germany, the Dissemination of the Mit Brennender Sorge Encyclical Across Germany, the First and Only Time the German Public Denunciated Governmental Legislation During World War II, Hitler’s Response to the Dissemination of the Mit Brennender Sorge Encyclical, the Penalty for Disseminating the Mit Brennender Sorge Encyclical Within Germany During the Mid 20th Century and the Reason for This, the Date Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) Occurred Within Germany, the Jewish Establishments Which Were Targeted During Kristallnacht and the Number of Jews Arrested During Kristallnacht, the Reason Kristallnacht Was a Critical Point in Time During World War II, the Reason Ratti Received Letters From Across Germany Post Kristallnacht, Ratti’s Response to These Letters, the Encyclical Ratti Created Post Kristallnacht, the Death of Ratti Prior to the Release of the Humani Generis Unitas (On the Unity of the Human Race) Encyclical, the Person Who Succeeded Ratti as Pope and the Length of Time the College of Cardinals Took to Elect This Person, the Person Ratti Selected to Succeed His Administration, the Reason Pacelli Accepted the Name “Pius XII”, the Reason the College of Cardinals Viewed Pacelli as the Best Option to Succeed Ratti, the Instability of Europe During the Mid 20th Century, Pacelli Struggling With the Catholic Church Remaining Neutrality During World War II, the Date World War II Began and the Reason for This, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Legislation Which Evolved into the Endlösung der Judenfrage (Final Solution to the Jewish Question) Legislative Plan, the First and Most Lethal German Concentration Camp and the Number of Jews Who Died Here, the Reason the Catholic Church Understood Extensively the Conditions for Jews During World War II, the European Organization With the Greatest Volume of Intelligence Upon Hitler During World War II, the Reason Pacelli’s Condemnation of the German Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei During World War II Failed to Hold the German Government Accountable, the Reason Pacelli Refrained From Directly Criticizing the German Government During World War II and the Consequences of This Decision, the Year the German Government Invaded Italy, Pacelli Continuing to Refuse to Condemn the German Government Directly, the Reason it is Understood During the Modern Day That Pacelli Recognized the Influence and Authority of Public Opinion, the Point at Which Pacelli Became Targeted by the German Government, the Reason Pacelli Formally Released All Catholic Church Clergy From Their Official Duties During World War II, the Policy Decision Pacelli Instituted if He Became Captured During World War II, Evidence of Pacelli Working Covertly to Assist Jews During World War II, How Pacelli Helped Release Multiple Jews From Imprisonment During World War II, the Hypothesis of Pacelli Working Covertly With the German Government During World War II, the Strategy Pacelli Employed During World War II to Maintain Neutrality, the Reason Some Experts During the Modern Day Suspect Pacelli to Have Played a Role Within the Attempted Assassination of Hitler, the Person Who Acted as the Key to Resistance Against Hitler From Within the German Military, the Person Who Contacted Pacelli to Plot the Assassination of Hitler, the Number of Assassination Attempts Hitler Evaded During World War II, Virtually Zero Documentation Surviving During the Modern Day Which Correlates Pacelli With the Assassination Attempts of Hitler, the Reason Virtually Zero Evidence of Pacelli’s Possible Role Within the Assassination Attempts of Hitler Has Survived During the Modern Day, Pacelli Possibly Instructing His Closest Advisors to Destroy Any Written Record of These Assassination Plots, the Ambiguity of How Much Intelligence Pacelli Shared With His Closest Advisors, Evidence of Jews Being Rescued and Taken Care of by the Catholic Church During World War II, the Number of Jews Who Died During World War II and the Jewish Demographic Which Had the Greatest Survival Rate During World War II, the Ambiguity of Pacelli’s Involvement Within Resistance Against the German Government, the Reason it is Impossible to Correlate Pacelli With Resistance Against the German Government, Evidence of Pacelli Working Against Jews During World War II, the Number of Popes Canonized as Saints During the Past Millenia, the Possibility of Pacelli Saving Jews During World War II Via the Policies of the Catholic Church, the Possibility of Pacelli Being Anti-Semetic, and the Writing Pacelli Produced Upon the German Public, the German Government, and Jews Prior to World War II