Ildefonso Schuster person
also: Cardinal Schuster
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Claims (3)
Pope Pius XII recruited
Ildefonso Schuster book_quoted
“Stepping stone for Dulles' post-war intelligence career was his covert diplomacy, bringing together Western intelligence agencies, fugitive Nazis, and certain leading Vatican officials of the day. In late 1944, Pope Pius XII and Cardinal Sc…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12 @ 26:12
Ildefonso Schuster recruited
Eugen Dollmann book_quoted
“status at the Vatican. There was a lot of history there that is not covered in this book. The Vatican was very loyal to Mussolini, who we know was just like Franco over in Spain. They were fascist. The SS Vatican Initiative was joined by th…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12 @ 31:35
Ildefonso Schuster member_of
Catholic Church book_quoted
“Cardinal Schuster and Monsignor Baccarai, B-I-C-C-H-I-E-R-A-I, had long been among the most prominent clerical supporters of fascism and Mussolini. They were big Mussolini fans. And that came from the SS Colonel Eugen Dahlmann.…”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 12 @ 30:07
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▶ 26:12
Stepping stone for Dulles' post-war intelligence career was his covert diplomacy, bringing together Western intelligence agencies, fugitive Nazis, and certain leading Vatican officials of the day. In late 1944, Pope Pius XII and Cardinal Sc…
▶ 26:39
and OSS agent Dulles in Switzerland, offering to serve as intermediaries in negotiating to ease the surrender of German forces in Italy. This confidential memo, Cardinal Schuster stressed that the Italian Communist Party would likely gain f…
▶ 27:08
together with that of industrial plants, as a prerequisite of Bolshevik infiltration into Italy. This threat to living conditions, on the one hand, and industrial potential on the other, is intended to create disorder and unemployment. This…
▶ 27:36
He stated that a negotiation with Germans' withdrawal, on the other hand, would stabilize the economic situation, undermine the popularity of communist resistance, and reduce the possibility of German military leaders would be tried for war…
▶ 29:35
and didn't want anyone else to have them. Dulles viewed Schuster's proposal as a means to dramatically outflank both Germany and the Soviet Union. He viewed it as a containment policy. This also would dramatically split the U.S. and Britain…
▶ 30:07
Cardinal Schuster and Monsignor Baccarai, B-I-C-C-H-I-E-R-A-I, had long been among the most prominent clerical supporters of fascism and Mussolini. They were big Mussolini fans. And that came from the SS Colonel Eugen Dahlmann.…
▶ 30:34
who handled negotiations with the Vatican for the SS during the last days of the war. He actually said Schuster had been very favorably inclined toward fascism in general and Mussolini in particular. Like Pope Pius XI, another native of the…