Three Popes and the Jews as well as "replete with egregious mistakes and distortions". Lapide's work makes many claims to which he himself claims to have been the witness, but also makes other claims, generally without citing sources. One of Lapide's main goals as Consul to Milan was Vatican recognition of the State of Israel, and Zuccotti assesses that "memories of past commissions and omissions were readily sacrificed to the goal of constructing a better future". John Cornwell states that "Three Popes" is a "formidable and scholarly riposte to those who would paint Pius XII and the Holy See as villains but it carried the
The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican "Jasenovac, das jugoslawische Auschwitz und der Vatikan" published by Ahriman-Verlag GmbH (January 31, 2001). The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican is a book written by Vladimir Dedijer, World War II Yugoslav Partisan and revolutionary, a university professor and a human rights activist.The book is a shortened version of Dedijer's two books written in Serbian: "Vatikan i Jasenovac" and "Vatikan i Jasenovac Dokumenti", published by Rad Publishing House Belgrade in 1987. It was published in English under the title, "The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican: The Croatian Massacre of the Serbs During World War II"