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[–] derfabinator@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Funny sidefact: One of the first countries to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Third Reich was indeed the Vatican.

[–] jasory@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

When was a sovereignty of the Third Reich in question? Hitler and the NSDAP took power under legal means and then transformed into a dictatorship. They would have been recognized when they came to power.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There's a book about it called Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, and how the church used The Nazis and Holocaust to further their power in Europe