deportation to extermination camps. they are held at the military college of rome, mere blocks from st. peter's basilica. but despite the a trotrocities unfolding right at his doorstep, pope pius xii remains publicly silent. >> he takes the path of diplomatic caution in terms of his public pronouncements, but it's not that the pope was inactive. there is a view that the pope worked behind the scenes to try to put an end to the round up. there is some evidence, in fact, that actually worked. >> they got several jews released primarily because they were married to a catholic or they invoked the concordat to invoke it. >> he said let's do what we can to alleviate suffering on the