Saint John's Tower (Vatican City) Saint John's Tower (Vatican City) Saint John's Tower () is a round structure located on a hilltop in the westernmost tip of Vatican City, near Vatican Radio and overlooking the Vatican Gardens. The Medieval tower is located along an ancient wall built by Pope Nicholas III, but it fell into disuse at the beginning of the 16th century. It was rebuilt by Pope John XXIII in the early 1960s. In modern times, the Tower houses papal apartments used by popes when maintenance work is being done on the Apostolic Palace and also is reserved for illustrious guests of the Pontiffs.
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"