particularly cruel and unique campaign against jews. he receives one memo from a military chaplain that begins simply the jews period. a dreadful situation. which dates to 1942. the vatican knew precisely what was going on. there was no bet irinformed organization in europe than the vatican. >> as the horrific images from germany and poland spread across the globe, the devout looked to the pope for guidance. but ever the diplomat did, pius xii worries that action against hitler might provoke more violence against catholics. >> if the pope spoke out, would it make things worse for polish catholics? well you can actually hardly make things worse for polish catholics. as he himself says, i have to watch what i say because i want to avoid a greater evil. but what he can do he will do. and a great example of the way