TV Heads Up Dept.: The Myth of Hitler's Pope on Book TV The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis by David Dalin Rabbi David Dalin writes that Pope Pius XII was not complicit with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, as some historians contend. In his new book, "The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued Jews from the Nazis," Rabbi Dalin examines the actions of Pope Pius XII and also traces the actions of the Catholic Church during the late 1930s and through World War II. The author writes that Pope Pius XII was not an anti-Semite and that the Catholic Church did more than any other religion to save the lives of European Jews during the Holocaust. (Check the Book TV web site for repeats.