for deportation to extermination camps. they're held at the military college of rome, mere blocks from st. peter's basil ka. but despite the atrocities unfolding at his doorstep. pope pius remains publicly silent. >> he takes the path of diplomatic caution in terms of his public pronounce mts. but it's not that the pope was inactive. there is a view that the pope works behind the scenes to try to put an end to the roundup. there is some evidence that that in fact actually worked. >> they got several jews released, primarily because they were married to a catholic, or invoked the concord ate to avoid deportation. >> he says let's do what we can to alleviate suffering on the ground. >> there were some vatican